Four men have been arrested for killing a 25-year-old fisherman, who was found dead at Hathaikheda Dam on Sunday. The victim was beaten to death after mobile phone of one of the accused was found from his pocket.
According to the police, four persons have been arrested on the charge of killing the youth on December 23, 2015. The four have been identified as Dharmendra Kumar, Indrapal Singh, Bhagwan Singh and Vicky.
During the investigation it was found that three accused Dharmendra Kumar, Indrapal and Bhagwan Singh had reached the dam on December 23, 2015 and asked the contractor Vicky to provide fish but he refused and later agreed when he was offered liquor by the trio.
The deceased who used to work for Vicky was told to provide fish and cook it for them. The deceased started to cook but due to dim light he was not able to cook. later on Dharmendra offered his mobile phone torch to illuminate the area.
The accused after having food and liquor asked for the mobile phone from the victim but he claimed that he had returned the mobile phone after cooking which angered the three. They started beating him that led to the fisherman’s death and later the body was dumped into the dam after tying his hands and a heavy stone with his legs.
The wife of the deceased lodged a complaint with the police when he did not return home for two days. In her complaint, she had stated that her husband had gone to work at the dam for contractor Vicky and did not come back. Based on the complaint the police started investigation but failed to find him and on Sunday afternoon his body was recovered in Hathaikheda Dam. When the cops grilled Vicky, he broke down and accepted to have committed the crime.
The police have registered a case under Section 302 of the IPC and have started further investigation.