Police recover body of abducted Nalanda man from a well

BIHARSHARIF: Police on Thursday recovered the mutilated body of one Madhu Yadav of Asthawan village from a well in a neighbouring village Pachetan, 3 km from the deceased person's home. Police have arrested four persons in this connection.
The deceased had gone missing after he went to attend a feast with his friends on March 6. When he didn't return home that night and his cellphone was found switched off, his father lodged an FIR on March 7 with Asthawan police station against his brother Nepali Yadav, his son Sanjay Yadav and one Guddu Yadav for having abducted his son.They were the ones who had taken the deceased on their motorbike on March 6 on the pretext of attending a wedding feast.
Biharsharif Sadar SDPO Dr Shibli Nomani said police arrested the three named and an unnamed accused on Wednesday night and on their indication recovered the body from a well.
The SDPO said that the arrested accused Guddu Yadav confessed to the crime and said Nepali Yadav had some land dispute with his brother Kailu Yadav. He said Nepali gave him Rs 48,000 to kill the only son of his brother.
The police officer further said the accused took the deceased on two motorbikes to Srichandrapur on March 6 evening, strangled him and threw his body in a nearby well. The SDPO said all accused have been sent to jail.
The arrests came after relatives and villagers protested by blocking Biharsharif-Barbigha NH 120 near Soeva Pul for five hours on Wednesday.
BUSINESSMAN THRASHED:Miscreants thrashed a businessman Satendra Kumar at Pawapuri under Giriak police station area on Thursday allegedly after he didn't pay Rs 50,000 extortion money demanded from him.
Kumar, who owns an electric goods shop, said Navin Pande of Pokharpur village and Shankar Singh's son attacked him with bamboo sticks after he refused to pay the money. Kumar who is admitted to Vardhaman Institute of Medical Sciences, Pawapuri said the miscreants snatched Rs 10,000 from him. A police officer said the case is being investigated.
Meanwhile, a delegation of the Nalanda Teachers' Association on Thursday demanded immediate arrest of culprits who critically injured a coaching institute owner Anish Kumar and his brother Nishant Kumar on Wednesday.