Dehradun Police arrested a 21-year-old man who had allegedly killed a man for attempting to sodomise him. The accused has been identified as Amarnath, Samastipur (Bihar) native, said Dehradun SSP Kewal Khurana while interacting with mediapersons on Tuesday.
Khurana said that the control room received a report on July 8 that a body was lying in the verandah of a vacant house in Vijaylok Colony, Balawala. Responding to the information, Raipur police station in-charge SS Bisht reached the site with his team and found the body of Om Prakash, who worked as a watchman. He had been hit by a metal rod and his teeth were also lying on the ground.
Taking this incident seriously, a dog squad, field unit and SOG team were put on the case while the family members of the victim also reached the site.
Khurana further said that Nehru Colony resident Om Prakash had been employed by home owner Rajesh Chaudhary to guard his vacated home about a month ago.Following the murder, his son Manish had registered a case against unidentified person in the Raipur police station on July 8.
Amarnath was interrogated after police learnt that he was seen with Om Prakash on July 7. During interrogation, Amarnath confessed that he murdered Om Prakash with a rod.
According to him, both had consumed liquor on July 7 and Om Prakash had attempted sodomize to him. Angered by this, he killed Om Prakash with a rod. According to him, Om Prakash had also earlier attempted to sodomize him but somehow he had managed to escape.