Police have solved the murder case of a 21-year-old youth by arresting two 25-year-old youths from Lokmanya Tilak Station in Mumbai on Sunday. The two assailants have been identified as Rishu Srivastava and Rahul Dubey, both residents of Ulidih in Mango.
Police have revealed that the 21-year-old youth Suman Rakshit was murdered due to a dispute over transaction of money related to betting in international cricket matches between Australia and India four months ago.
The police recovered a nine MM pistol and a live cartridge from Rishu and also a motorcycle that they used in the murder.
Senior SP, Anoop Birtharay said that as per their investigation they found that Suman had betted Rs 3 lakh for the match between India-Australia, but lost the challenge.
Rishu and Rahul wanted to take the Rs 3 lakh from Suman, but the latter was not willing to pay the betting money. As a result of which both Rishu and Rahul had visited the victim's house on several time for the money, but after Suman refused to pay them so they decided to teach the victim a lesson.
" We have gathered crucial information that Rishu had opened the shot while Rahul was riding the bike. After the attack, the duo had left the bike Pujanjali apartment in Ulidiih and left for Ranchi in another bike. From Ranchi they took a train to Mumbai, were they were arrested," said Birtharay.
During interrogation, Rishu had revealed that they wanted to simply injure Suman, but incidentally the pellet had hit the victim's chest and proved fatal.
According to the senior SP, during the same international cricket match, Suman had won betting and Rishu and Rahul had paid him to the betting money he had own, but when he lost the betting he had refused to pay the assailants the money, resulting enmity between themselves.
The senior SP said that they had tried to make the two arrested persons to reveal if anyone else was involved in the betting racket, but they did not reveal anyone's name. " As per our plans we will take both the accused to police remand and will try to find out the kingpin of the betting racket in the steel city," Birtharay said.
Son of Vijay Rakshit, Suman was shot dead while he was returning home on Patel Nagar in Ulidih from a gym near Moon City in Mango on January 15 monring. He was rushed to Tata Main Hospital where the doctors declared him as brought dead.