Chhattisgarh Police on Friday arrested three persons including a jilted lover for killing an IAS aspirant over an affair with the former’s girlfriend here.
Bilaspur Additional Superintendent of Police Rajendra Kumar Jaiswal said Rahul Namdeo alias Butiya, Vinay Shandilya and Umesh Verma, all from Chakarbhata, have been taken into custody.
The police found the body of Yash Sahu alias Tinu (20) at Gumber Chowk in the city on Tuesday.
Sahu, who hailed from Surguja district, was residing in Bilaspur to prepare for the IAS exam. He met Namdeo’s girlfriend at the coaching centre and they fell in love.
Namdeo had a tiff with his girlfriend and Sahu. Later, Namdeo and his accomplices beat Sahu to death. A court sent them to prison.