Bokaro police arrested two youths of Nawadih block of the district on Friday evening. The arrest was made in connection with the murder of one Santosh Pandey of Alargo village under the Nawadih block here on Thursday.
A case has (55/14) been registered against ten people including JMM MlA of Dumari and also JMM candidate of Parliamentary election from Giridih, his elder brother Baidhnath Mahto, and other villagers namely Jitendra Puri, Nemi Puri, Ganesh Bharti, Kailash Puri, Kewal Mahto, Mehglal Puri, Suraj Puri in the Nawadih police station under section 302 and 34 of IPC.
A day before Santosh Pandey before his death in the DVC hospital had given statement to a local news reporters in which he said that was lynched by one Baidnath Mahto brother of Jagarnath Mahto and other co-villagers in local kangaroo court which was organised by Jagarnath Mahto and his brother on Thursday evening at Alargo village in Nawadih block.
Sources said that Santosh Pandey, a private tutor in Chanderpura , Baidnath Mahto and, along with eight people started beating him with lathis and others traditional weapons for his alleged love affairs with a local village girl when the villagers panchayat accused him. Pandey was immediately rushed to the DVC hospital Chanderpura ,where he passed away, said Anant lal Pandey, the elder brother of the deceased.