Chatra: Police have arrested two young men and detained a juvenile for allegedly killing an 18-year-old youth and burying his body in sand on the riverbanks, around 200 metres from Gariya village in the district. The body was recovered on Sunday.The accused were identified as Sunil Kumar, 19, and Sunil Kumar, 21, both from Paithal village, and a 17-year-old boy.Chatra SDPO Sunny Vardhan said the deceased, Pramod Kumar, a resident of Gariya, had taken around Rs 40,000 from the accused on the pretext of arranging an illegal weapon. The accused intended to use the firearm to carry out a major crime but did not receive it.Pramod had instead used the money to purchase a premium smartphone. “When they realised they would neither get the weapon nor their money back, they hatched a conspiracy to eliminate him,” Vardhan said.On June 7, Pramod’s father, Deolal Yadav, lodged a complaint regarding his son’s kidnapping at Rajpur police station, following which an FIR was registered. A special investigation team led by the SDPO recovered the body on the same day. The case was subsequently converted to murder.“Using mobile location tracking, call detail records and human intelligence, police established that the accused had killed Pramod and buried the body to destroy evidence,” he said.A towel and rope used in the murder, the victim’s phone and seven live cartridges were also recovered.