A contractor engaged in supplying labourers was killed allegedly by his employee following a dispute over an affair with a labourer as well as outstanding dues within the limits of Adityapur police station in adjoining Seraikela-Kharswan district, the police said.
The accused Subhash Choude, a resident of Dorda under Balarampur police station in Purulia district of West Bengal, was arrested today and the iron-rod used in killing the contractor, Panchu Gopal Mandal, also a resident of Memari in Burdwan district of the state, was recovered, said Sub-Divisional Police Officer (Seraikela), K B Raman.
The accused has been working under the victim since last six/seven months, he said.
Choude told the police that the victim was having an affair with a woman whom he was also interested in, Raman said adding, Mandal had warned Choude to keep away.
Mandal had even shifted Choude from Adityapur to Khunti recently following the dispute.
Choude had come to Adityapur yesterday and demanded Mandal to clear his dues, but the victim assured him to do so a week before the Durga Puja, Raman said.
Choude took an iron-rod last night and hit Mandal on his head fatally, Raman said adding, he did not escape after committing the crime and stayed back to assure his colleagues and police that he was not involved in the murder.
On the basis of eye-witnesses that the accused and the victim had quarrelled last night, the police picked up Choude today for interrogation, who broke down in course of interrogation and confessed to his crime, Raman added.
