A heart-wrenching incident that puts the relationship of brothers to shame came to light in Bhandra police station area of Lohardaga district of Jharkhand late on Saturday evening. In Masmano village, a young man was murdered by his elder brother over a dispute regarding money transactions. The murder was done very ruthlessly, the accused slit the throat of the younger brother with a spade and fled from the spot. The deceased has been identified as 33-year-old Basant Oraon, father Anga Oraon, resident of Masmano. It is being told that the accused Kaleshwar Oraon alias Dangu Oraon was in a dispute with his brother over money transactions for some time. A month ago, there was a heated argument between the two. On Saturday evening, when Basant was present near the Panchayat Bhawan, drunk Kaleshwar reached there and suddenly attacked him with a spade. Basant did not even get a chance to recover and he died on the spot. After the murder, the accused Kaleshwar Oraon absconded. As soon as the information of the incident was received, the Bhandra police station reached the spot and took the body into custody and sent it to Lohardaga Sadar Hospital for post-mortem. The body reached the hospital around 10 pm late at night, after which the body was handed over to the family after post-mortem on Sunday morning. There is an atmosphere of panic in the village after this heinous incident. The police have registered a case in the matter and raids are being conducted continuously to arrest the accused. Lohardaga SP Sadiq Anwar Rizvi said that the search for the accused has been intensified and he will be arrested soon.
The police is investigating every aspect of the case. It was told that on Sunday, a forensic team from Ranchi reached Masmano village. The team closely examined the crime scene. Blood stains on the floor of the house, the spade used in the murder and other technical evidence were collected. All samples were secured for scientific investigation. The team photographed the crime scene. By interrogating the family and villagers, they tried to understand the situation before and after the murder. During the investigation, Bhandra police station in-charge Arvind Kumar Singh and Masmano Panchayat head Mamta Kumari were also present.