Retired BSAP havildar killed in suspicion of black magic, accused held
SASARAM, June 5 -- Rohtas police on Wednesday arrested the main accused who had brutally killed an 82-year-old Bihar Military Police (now Bihar Special Armed Police) Havildar at Jamua village under Karakat police station area on Tuesday.
Retired Havildar Ambika Pandey was sleeping in the outhouse of neighbour Arun Pandey on Monday night. His blood-soaked body, with multiple sharp-edged weapon injuries on head and face, was recovered lying in the campus on Tuesday morning. The campus was locked and Arun Pandey and his son Vikesh Pandey were absconding, police said.
"Arun Pandey was a habitual offender and warrant had been issued against him. His son Vikesh had shot dead his octogenarian grandfather Hridayanand Pandey in January last year. Both were arrested and confessed the crime for property share. They had come out on bail in the case, some four months back," superintendent of police Raushan Kumar said.
Deceased's grandson Anshu Pandey registered a murder case against Arun Pandey and Vikesh Pandey with Karakat police station on Wednesday. Though the reason is not explained in the case, police believed that some family or property dispute was behind the murder.
A special team under Bikramganj sub-divisional police officer Kumar Sanjay was formed that arrested accused Vikesh Pandey on Wednesday. During interrogation, Pandey said that he had killed the old man as he was a sorcerer and was practicing black magic on him.
"But the police did not believe his version and were collecting scientific evidences and raids were on to arrest another accused Arun Pandey and only after that the actual reason of murder would come out," the SP said.
The brutal murder of the good nature old man has created an atmosphere of fear in the village and no one was ready to speak about the incident in fear of the absconding accused, a habitual offender....
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