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.