Police have arrested seven persons, offenders, in connection with the murder case of Nanhku alias Yashu Chaudhary who was hacked to death on February 5. Police have identified the accused as Hari Chaudhary, Suchit Chaudhry, Niraj Bhuiyan, Nandu Bhuiyan, Harendra alias Surendra alias Guddu Bhuiyan, Anil Chaudhary and Sanjay Chaudhary.
According to the police, On February 5 at around 10:00 pm, Nanhku Choudhary was abducted from the house by unknown criminals and now taken to the north east direction of the village and murdered at an empty deserted place near Barwahi village. In this regard, on the basis of complaint of Dukhni Devi, wife of the deceased, Danda Police registered a Case No. 5/2023, under Sections of 147, 148, 149, 454,365 and 302 IPC against 10-12 accused.
For the investigation of the case Garhwa SP Anjani Kumar Jha formed a team under the leadership of Garhwa police inspector.
The SP said that in the course of investigation, out of nine, seven accused involved in the incident were arrested. This case was done to get a coin called Hanuman Pai popular in rural areas. It seemed to the accused that the deceased had Hanuman pie. The accused had come in uniform to hide their identity. After abducting the deceased, when he did not find Hanuman Pai, he killed him by slitting his throat with an axe, fearing that his identity would be revealed.
Four pistols, one rifle, three country made guns, 2 live cartridges, six mobile phones, gun powder. Police also recovered the murder weapon from Hari Chaudhary, the SP added.