Jeweller found murdered in Siwan

PATNA: A jeweller was found murdered at his rented accommodation under the Mairwa police station area in Siwan district on Monday, sending shock waves among the local residents as well as members of the business community.
Police said some residents spotted blood oozing out from the room of the jeweller Navneet Madheshia alias Guddu at Adarsh Nagar on Monday morning.Suspecting foul play, the residents informed the police, who broke open the door only to find the trader lying in a pool of blood. He was rushed to a local government hospital where the doctors declared him brought dead.
Siwan SP Abhinav Kumar said the reason behind the murder of the jeweller is yet to be ascertained. “A special investigation team has been set up to crack the case at the earliest,” he told this newspaper over phone.
Sources close to the deceased's family said that Navneet had returned to his shop at Mairwa from his residence in Siwan district headquarters town a day earlier. “What happened with him is not known to us,” said a close relative of the deceased. Meanwhile, police suspect the involvement of people known to the deceased in the gruesome murder.
An investigating officer revealed that multiple stab wounds were found on the abdomen and face of the deceased, which suggested that the killers had an enmity with him. “The attackers wanted to ensure that he was dead,” the officer said.
The knife used in the murder of the jeweller was recovered from a bucket made of plastic.