The police have arrested two persons in connection with the murder of a youth here on Tuesday. The Nainital senior superintendent of police Sweety Agrawal said that the murder was committed following a dispute related to financial transaction. Though two men have been arrested, the third accused is absconding.
It will be recalled that on being informed by villagers, the police had discovered the body of a youth in the Tanda forest area on Tuesday evening. Investigation established that the body was that of Bengali Colony, lalkuan resident Sonu (25 years old).
According to the SSP, investigation of vital clues led the police to Bengali Colony resident Sanju alias Ghoda. During questioning he said that along with Jitendra Gangwar and Gaurav, he had lured Sonu into the woods where he was murdered with a broken liquor bottle and knife. According to the police, Sonu had lent about `30,000 to them and would often ask them to return the amount loaned.
The accused planned to murder Sonu for which they first went to the railway tracks where the four of them consumed liquor. After drinking the booze, the three lured Sonu into the woods where the three of them together killed Sonu. They took away his mobile phone before running away from the site of murder.
Based on information given by the two accused nabbed, the police recovered the mobile phone they had stolen and the bottle used in the murder. The police booked the two accused Sanju and Jitendra on Wednesday under section 302 of the Indian Penal Code while the third accused Gaurav is absconding. The SSP has announced a cash reward of `2,000 for the police team which achieved success in solving the murder case.