A 19-year-old auto-rickshaw driver was smashed to death by three miscreants and dumped his body in a nullah at Gandhi Nagar late in the night on Saturday; Gandhi Nagar police started investigation after body was found in the morning on Sunday.
Panic prevailed in the area after a body was found in the morning on Sunday. Police were informed and on the receipt they reached the spot and started investigation.
The murder was committed after a dispute over money on the distribution of money of robbery which they committed but police have denied any such fact.
In the initial investigation police found that the accused smashed his head with a stone and then dumped his body in a nullah in Gandhi Nagar area which was spotted on Sunday morning.
According to Gandhi Nagar police, the deceased was identified as Vijay Gupta alias Bihari of Barwai village in Gandhi Nagar. He worked as an auto driver and had some money related dispute with his friends.
In the night at around 12 the deceased was heading towards his home and was in the auto of his friend Shubham at the time. The accused waylaid the auto rickshaw near the Grand hotel and asked Shubham to leave him and took Vijay to a nullah in the area and killed him.
In the investigation police found that the three of friends of deceased have not returned in the night and later arrested them and they confessed to killing.
Police have registered a case under sections 302 and 34 of the IPC. The thee accused were identified as Zuber, Raja and Faizal.