A miscreant who had stabbed a 45-year-old man to death on October 18 near Risaldar Colony was nabbed on Thursday; deceased was killed after refusing to give money for liquor.
The nabbed assailant was identified as Ghansiram Ahirwar who works as a painter and he had killed Devendra alias Anil Panthi, after he had declined to give money for buying liquor.
SHO of Gautam Nagar police station Ashish Bhattacharya said that the assailant used to work as painter and both Ghasiram and Devendra used to consume liquor together. On the day of the incident, when they were drinking, a fight broke out between the two in which the deceased was attacked with a sharp-edged weapon. The victim sustained fatal injury in the stomach and later died in the hospital. The SHO said that both the accused and the victim were acquainted with each other and together used to consume liquor frequently.
During the investigation, the police officials found that the family members claimed that the deceased used to consume liquor with one of his friends after which police started searching for the miscreant but failed as the miscreant went absconding and on Thursday he was nabbed.
Family members were aware that the deceased was a habitual drinker but on October 17 he went missing and next day was found dead in the morning.
In the morning on October 18, the body of Devendra alias Anil Panthi of JP Nagar was found near Risaldar colony having injuries in the stomach. After the body was found a case under section 302 of the IPC was registered and further investigation was started and it was found that deceased’s friend was behind the death.