Biratnagar. The police have arrested a person on the charge of killing Indian citizen Lalji Prasad Gupta who was running a battery shop in Biratnagar Metropolitan City-6 Mahaveer Road.
The police investigation has revealed that Gupta was killed because of the accused of stealing goods from the shop. The police arrested 37-year-old Abjar Mia of Biratnagar-6 on Tuesday evening on the charge of being involved in the murder.
According to preliminary investigation, Gupta has been accusing Mia of stealing goods from his shop. Disagreement and resentment had increased between the two regarding this issue. The police investigation revealed that Mia planned to kill Gupta to take revenge.
According to the plan, last Friday night, Mia invited Gupta to his house for dinner. At the same time, it has been revealed from the preliminary investigation of the police that they were sitting together and consuming alcohol.
According to the police, it is revealed that Mia, intoxicated with alcohol, first hit Gupta on the head with a beer bottle and later with an iron rod. After the murder, it is revealed that Mia used City Safari to hide the body. He put Gupta’s body in a sack and threw it in the Keselia river in Barju Rural Municipality-2 Bhimpur of Sunsari. On Sunday morning, local residents informed the police after seeing a body in a sack in the river.
As soon as the information was received, a team including Sunsari Police Chief SP Pushparaj Malla immediately reached the spot and started investigation. The deceased Gupta is a resident of Banaras in Uttar Pradesh, India. He had been living alone in Biratnagar for a long time and was dealing in batteries.
A joint team of Provincial Police Office, District Police Office Sunsari and District Police Office Morang is investigating this incident.