Two held for murdering milk booth owner

PATNA: The Patna Police on Saturday arrested Rahul Kumar from Deoghar in Jharkhand and Nitesh in connection with the murder of a milk booth owner, Raj Kumar Sah, at Raja Bazaar locality under Shastrinagar police station area here on September 17 night. Sah was stabbed at his booth and later succumbed to his injuries at PMCH. He had drinks with some of his friends earlier.
Senior SP (SSP) Patna, Amrit Raj said a special police team led by Sachivalaya DSP was constituted to crack the case. The team interrogated Sah's employee Surendra Prasad, who told the police that he along with Sah and one Chotu had boozed in the booth.
During investigation, the police team learnt came to know that Chotu's original name was Rahul Kumar, who was a native of Madhupur in Deoghar and currently stayed at a lodge at Boring Road. The SSP said the special police team arrested Rahul from Deoghar and brought him to Patna.
The SSP said Rahul told the police that he had developed friendship with Sah about two months ago. But Sah used to indulge in unnatural act with him after promising him part-time job at the booth.
According to the SSP, an irritated Rahul decided to eliminate Sah. He said that on September 17, Sah again called Rahul to come to the booth. Rahul informed his roommate Nitesh, a native of Tilaiya near Hazaribagh, about it. Both of them purchased a knife from Boring Road and reached the booth, said the SSP and added that Nitesh stood outside the booth while Rahul boozed with Sah.
The SSP added that after sometime, Rahul stabbed Sah and came outside the booth and asked Nitesh to leave the place. Rahul took away Rs 23,700 cash and Sah's cellphone to give it the shape of a loot and returned to their lodge. He then kept his bloodstained clothes and knife in a bag and threw it in the Ganga.
The police team has also recovered Sah's cellphone and Rs 19,850 cash from the possession of the arrested youths.