Hazaribag (Jharkhand), Apr 5: Jharkhand Police have arrested five youths for hacking a 21-year-old man to death during a Ram Navami procession in Hazaribag district, a police officer said on Sunday.
The incident took place on March 29 in Lohsinghna police station area when a procession was taken out from Gadikhana to Jhanda Chowk.
“We have arrested five accused in the case. All of them were involved in the murder. They had brutally attacked the victim with swords, knives, and sticks while the procession was underway that night,” Hazaribag Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Amit Anand said.
During interrogation, the accused told the police that the victim, identified as Abhishek Kumar from Bada Bazzar Gwaltoli, was killed after an altercation took place with them over his abrupt entry into the procession while they were performing with their weapons.
The police officer said all the arrested accused are between 19 and 25 years of age. The murder weapons were also seized from their possession. They were arrested on Saturday and forwarded to judicial custody.
