GUMLA: A 46-year-old man identified as Nabir Khan was killed by three of his friends for failing to return Rs 2,500 at Jamgain village on Sunday night. All three accused — Vimal Ekka, Gyan Ekka, both cousin brothers, and Ashok Ekka — were arrested.
Police said Khan borrowed Rs 2,500 from one of the accused, Vimal, a few months ago. On Sunday morning, he went to Khan’s house with Gyan and Ashok, all known to each other, to ask for the money. Khan, however, sought more time to return the money. In the evening, they called him to Jamgain school on the pretext of discussing some matter and killed him after consuming liquor together.
The officer-in-charge of Chainpur police station, Amit Choudhary, said, “All four of them consumed liquor inside the school building and slept there too. At about 10 pm, on the insistence of Vimal, Gyam picked up a concrete boulder and hit Khan while he was asleep. Ashok was a witness to the crime. We learnt that the deceased had borrowed money from Vimal and was unable to return it.”
He further said, “Gyan told us that he did feel repentant for his crime as the deceased did not return the money of his cousin.”
Vimal’s wife is a police constable posted in Ranchi, and once filed a case against her husband, Choudhary added.
