In keeping with police sources, Ritesh was an accused in a homicide case and had come out from the Bhagalpur jail just lately after securing a bail from the court docket. He has been killed by smashing his head with a brick, which was discovered close to the physique. A police crew, together with forensic science laboratory (FSL) consultants and a canine squad, has reached the spot and initiated an investigation into the matter.
“We now have cross examined members of the family and neighbours of the deceased . The CCTV footage of the locality is being scanned, whereas the investigating crew is making an attempt to gather knowledge from the cellphone of the deceased,” mentioned DSP (Metropolis) Ajay Kumar Chowdhary, who alongside along with his crew, was tenting on the spot.
Mukesh Mandal, elder brother of the deceased, alleged that his brother was killed by one Mantu Mandal on the behest of Dilip Mandal of the identical locality.