A lawyer was killed in Bokaro, his blood-soaked body was found from bushes under Sector 12 police station on Saturday morning.
Police recovered the body of Nitesh Kumar (35) near Gumla Colony. “In prima-facie criminals killed Kumar by slitting his throat elsewhere and later dumped the body in bushes”, said police on the spot.
Nitesh was working as an advocate residing at Sector 4 G / 3090 along with his parents, police said.
Body of the deceased was sent for postmortem, a case has been filed and we are investigating into matter, said OC of sector 12 police stations. “Five persons were picked-up and detained for questioning in this connection”, added OC.
Irked over the killing of their colleague member Bokaro Advocate Club and Women Advocate Club on Saturday kept themselves away from court work. “It’s a serious issue, now advocates are also not safe in this city,” said Ranjit Giri, member of the executive committee of the association. “Crime graph is rising in Bokaro; 15 killings have been reported across the city from January this year”, he added.
A group of lawyers stopped State Welfare Minister louis Marandi and land and Revenue Minister Amar Bauri who were rushing to Bokaro to participate in a felicitation programme at Zila Parishad Bokaro. lawyers also demanded a compensation of `50 lakhs and employment to the next kin of the deceased.