2 held for murder of man in Mango; revenge motive, say cops

Jamshedpur: Two persons were officially arrested on Monday, a day after they were detained, for the murder of 24-year-old Vikas Singh, whose body was found on Sunday near Adivasi Club under the jurisdiction of Ulidih police station in Mango.Senior superintendent of police (SSP) Piyush Pandey said that Vikas was killed in a revenge plot orchestrated by the relatives of Saurabh Sharma alias Pawan who was killed a year ago by a group that included Vikas’s brother, Vicky Singh. Vicky, who was arrested for Pawan’s murder on March 21, 2025, was recently released on bail.To avenge his cousin’s death, Raju Kumbhkar (31) plotted to kill Vikas. Executing the plan on Saturday night, Kumbhkar and his accomplice, Suraj Kuntia (24), invited Vikas to a liquor party at an abandoned, dilapidated house, where they brutally assaulted him to death.To mislead the police, the accused wrapped the body in a mosquito net before dumping it in the bushes.The police have recovered the knife and iron rod used in the crime, and both accused have been remanded to judicial custody.