Seven unidentified criminals killed a youth at Jhopri Colony under Marafari police station in Bokaro on the intervening night of Sunday and Monday.
According to the police, five masked criminals forcibly entered into the house of Colloctor Ram (35) and killed him.
After breaking the iron gate five criminal were entered into the house while two of them were keep watching at outside. They attacked on Ram and killed with sharp weapons, police said.
Anita Devi (28), wife of the deceased also got multiple head injuries as the criminals also attacked on her. They also looted cash, ornaments, mobile and other house hold goods of worth of rupees 30 thousand and escaped, police said.
The criminals also took the original certificates of Bishwas Ram, the younger brother of the deceased. Bishwas qualified for Railway job and recently cleared the medical test for the job, police said.
A case has been filed and we are investigating, said OC of Marafari police station.