Chhola Mandir police have solved murder case of a 67-year-old man killed and nabbed the accused who was found to be neighbour, man was killed in the night on May 11 at his house in a bid to stop miscreant from burgling.
The accused identified as Saurabh Dubey lives in the neighbour of the deceased Rajendra Prasad who was stabbed by a sharp edged weapon in his house late in the night on May 11 this year.
During the investigation it was found that the accused had fight with the deceased and his family but the reason was not strong enough to kill the deceased. The accused was detained and quizzed during which he spilled the beans and revealed that in the evening on the day of the murder he spotted Rajendra counting money and he decided to burglar the money but things went other way and he stabbed Rajendra.
Before the death of Rajendra he recorded his statement stating that he woke up to answer nature’s call but found someone inside his house hiding and when he went to check the miscreant attacked him in his stomach and escaped the spot. He raised alert and family and neighbours rushed for his rescue and took him to hospital.