The Barbil police in Keonjhar district on Friday arrested and court-forwarded three accused persons in connection with the case of murder of Md Yunus, a local dumper owner.
Sources close to Barbil PS IIC Jagannath Mallick revealed that had engaged one Sambhu alias Pintu Dasgupta (29) as the driver for his vehicle. However, on Sunday last, there was a quarrel between him and Pintu over the damage caused to the dumper due to an accident. Yunus reportedly physically assaulted Pintu.
After this incident, Yunus went to his home, but Subodh met two other accused, Sambhu Chowdhury (27) and Pandu Taria (29). They allegedly made a plan to take revenge on Yunus. Accordingly, on the very Sunday night, Pintu made a phone call to Yunus and asked him to come to the place where the dumper was kept. When Yunus reached there, the three accused beat him to death and threw his body in the nearby Karrow river and fled to neighbouring Jharkhand State.
When the body was found flowing on Wednesday, police started investigation and arrested the culprits from Majhigaona of East Singhbhum district of Jharkhand.