Chhola Mandir police has nabbed five miscreants, including a minor, for killing a 23-year-old youth at Preeti Nagar on February 5. The youth was killed over distribution of money amounting to Rs 20,000 stolen from a passenger on the day of killing.
Police said that the deceased, Rohit, who hailed from Tumda village in Khajuri area, used to live with his cousin, Golu, in Preet Nagar and worked as a labourer in a vegetable market and held past crime record and used to steal belongings of passengers in trains and was killed due to dispute with his aides, Pavan Kumar, Pradeep Sahu, Aman Raikwar alias Baccha and a minor boy.
Acting on a tip-off, police detained the accused. When quizzed, they confessed to the killing of Rohit and told police that they used to steal belongings of passengers in trains and the deceased Rohit had stolen Rs 20,000 cash instead of distributing the sum among them while led to dispute and he was stabbed him to death. Later, his body was dragged to railway tracks to fabricate the murder as an accidental death after being run over by train.
Notably on February 5, Rohit’s body was found near railway tracks. Chhola Mandir police has started investigation after the case was transferred by Gautam Nagar police.
Gautam Nagar SHO, MK Mishra, said that the youth was killed in Prem Nagar where he had liquor with the killers.