Hyderabad: The Medchal police arrested two persons on Friday from Bihar who were involved in a brutal murder of a labourer three years ago.
Prime suspect Amith Kumar was arrested within a month of the murder. Two others, Shankar Rishidev and Upendra Rishidev, who assisted Amith were arrested on Friday. The three had brutally murdered Amith’s cousin Anil Kumar Kamath, due to a dispute.
Police said Amith and Anil were labourers. In July 2014, the decomposed body of a person was found buried in an open layout in Medchal. Only the toes were visible. With the help of clothes he was identified as Anil. A missing case had been filed with Medchal police around 20 days ago.
Following clues given by his family police found that Anil had a dispute with Amith over the Rs 1.85 lakh Amith had borrowed from him. As Amith suffered losses in his business and considering Anil as a stumbling block for his business, Amith decided to kill Anil Kumar and took the help of Shankar and Upendra.
As per the plan, Amith picked up Anil Kumar from his workplace and came to an open plot very close to Amith’s room. On the way they purchased alcohol. The day before this the suspects had purchased knives to kill Anil, police said.
After getting drunk Amith attacked Anil with a beer bottle on the head and after he collapsed they slit his throat and stabbed him.
“After Anil died they dug a pit and buried him. Amith was arrested within a month but the other two were absconding. Based on clues, a team went to Bihar and apprehended them. They were brought to the city on transit warrant and produced in court,” Petbasheerabad ACP A. Srinivas Rao said.
