Killing of vet triggers tension in Begusarai

BEGUSARAI: Angry over the killing of a veterinarian Pradep Mahto, local villagers did not allow the police to take possession of his body found in a bamboo tree cluster at village Khagarchak under Bakhri police station in Begusarai district on Thursday morning.
A police team led by Bakhri SDPO Upendra Prasad was trying to pacify the agitated villagers.But, the villagers had not allowed the police to take possession of the body till late afternoon. Bakhri SDPO Prasad said Pradeep Mahto, a resident of adjoining Rampur village, had gone to Khagarchak to attend a call on Wednesday night. After attending the call he decided to stay at the village on Wednesday night. It was after he went to attend the nature's call to a nearby field that he went missing only for his body to be found in the morning.
Pradeep's father Baidnath Mahto on Thursday said his son had no enmity with anyone. The SDPO said the murder seems to be the fall out of a conspiracy.