bhopal what was thought to be a lightning death turned out to be coldblooded murder bhopal district police said on sunday after arresting a farmer in gunga area following four months of investigationpolice say raees khan 36 electrocuted 22yearold dharmendra chouhan on august 29 because he opposed the youths relationship with his daughter he staged the scene to look like dharmendra was killed by a lightning strike and this is how it was reported in the media as well it was monsoon and weather reports had regular lightning warningsnews reports of the day quoting police had said that a biker had been killed by a lightning strike the autopsy ruled death was due to electrocution a head injury was detected but it was attributed to the bike crash after the lightning strikehowever some things didnt add up and police kept digging additional spzone 4 dinesh koushal told toi that they were intrigued by why the victims right hand was clenched and severely burned it wasnt what we see in lightning deaths its as if he was holding something when he got electrocuted he said also there were no skid marks or other telltale signs of a highspeed crashpolice spoke with dharmendras family who said that he had an affair with raeess daughter and he was bitterly opposed to ittook 4 months to gather proof to bust lightning death claimaccording to them raees had threatened to kill dharmendra if he continued to meet her but the youth who worked at a mall in bhopals shahpura locality was undeterredafter getting the forensic reports the theory of lightning was discarded and the affair angle which was alleged by the victims parents was investigated said asp koushal police had their suspicions and began gathering evidence said gunga sho ramesh rai who investigated the caseit took four months to collect evidence like wires and other equipment used in the crime and to take statements but we finally registered a case on january 2 and arrested raees said rai the asp said all the equipment used by raees in the crime has been confiscatedaccording to police raees knew dharmendra would meet his daughter in the fields barely 1km from his home on the evening of august 29 he allegedly lay in wait at the rendezvous and clobbered dharmendra on the head with a stone when he was returning to his bike after meeting the girl when the youth fell unconscious raees used a wire to draw current from a high tension line and electrocuted him said raihe then dragged the body to the road and toppled the motorcycle to make it seem like dharmendra had been killed by lightning say police villagers found the body the next morning and dialed 100 four months on raees has been booked for murder and disappearance of evidence