Gumla: Two days after a couple and their minor son was killed at their home in Kekrang Bartoli village under remote Peshrar block of Lohardaga, three villagers were arrested on Saturday, police said.
Laxman Nagesia, his wife Bifni Nagesia, and their nine-year-old son Rambilas Nagesia were killed with a spade and a stone at their house on the intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday. The had on Friday taken suo moto cognisance of the killings over witchcraft.
Lohardaga SP Sadique Anwar Rizvi said, “A SIT led by Kisko SDPO Vedant Shankar and comprising Peshrar OC Birendra Kumar, Bagru police station OC Dinesh Kumar, and mahila thana OC Jeni Sudha Tigga was formed . A from Ranchi probed the scene of crime on Thursday. A dog squad was pressed into service on Friday.”
“The arrested were identified as Sukhnath Nagesia (26), Bindeshwar Nagesia (21), and Sancharwa Nagesia (19). The accused revealed that Bifni’s sorcery led to the abortion of Sukhnath’s wife and illness of Bindeshwar’s mother. Hence, they planned to kill Bifni and her family members,” SP Rizvi added.
Clothes worn by the accused at the time of crime, a motorcycle owned by Bindeshwar, besides a blood-stained spade, and a stone were seized, police added.
He covers Gumla, Lohardaga and Simdega districts in Jharkhand. He...
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