Mangalwara police nabbed three accused who killed a 23-year-old youth by setting him ablaze in Ganesh Chowk under Mangalwara police station area in the wee hours of Sunday.
According to the police the deceased was asleep when he was attacked by the three accused who set the deceased ablaze and later the deceased died during treatment at the hospital.
The deceased was identified as Damu alias Shadab Khan of Talaiya area.
Police said that the injured youth was rushed to a nearby hospital where he died during treatment. The victim sustained 90 percent burns which lead to his death.
After the preliminary investigation the body was sent for the post mortem. The police have registered a case under section 302 of the IPC and have started further investigation. The incident took place at around 3 in the night.
SHO of Mangalwara police Pankaj Dwivedi said that the deceased and accused had old enmity after Rajendra was attacked with a sharp edged weapon by the deceased and later deceased was pressurizing the accused to withdraw the case and for the withdrawal accused demanded Rs 20000 for the same which the deceased was not willing to give. In the night on Saturday when the deceased was asleep in his auto rickshaw the accused along with his two brothers set him ablaze and escaped the spot. In his dying statements deceased told the police that Jitendra Sahu, Dharmendra Sahu and Rajendra Sahu set him ablaze and based on the statement the three were arrested. Police claimed that the deceased was involved in criminal activities in the past.