Satish Aditya
Gopalganj  : Gopalganj police claimed to have cracked the Bittu Kumar murder case after arresting its three accused : Rohit Kumar, Raju Kumar, and Mittu Kumar, on June 1, 2020. Bittu Kumar was a a student of  local high school. All the three arrested accused, who were friends of the deceased, have confessed their involvement in the crime before police.

Gopalganj SP Manoj Kumar Tiwari  said that police have recovered Rs 20,000  ash, which was looted from Bittu, three knives used in murder, and  three cellphones from the possession for the three arrested accused.

According to police, Bittu was living with his maternal uncle  and pursuing his study in Gopalganj town. He was missing from  his maternal uncle’s house since May 28, 2020.  His maternal uncle had lodged a missing case with Sadar police station, Gopalganj, in this connection.
Police recovered  body of Bittu on May 29 from a pond  near Saran canal road under Mukeritola under Gopalganj  sadar police station. He was stabbed to death. According to police,  Bittu was allegedly killed by his friends  to loot Rs 20,000 cash  from him.