DARJEELING: A four-year-old feud was enough for four youths to murder their supervisor at work in Darjeeling on Friday. Police managed to round up three of the accused on Saturday night. They were produced in court and remanded in five days of police custody.
The murder comes two days after an 18-year-old boy was killed near Capitol Hill on Ladenla Road, situated at the heart of the town.
Locals said that Wangdi Bhutia, 29, used to work as a supervisor in a road construction project in the Bhutia Bustee itself, while the four youths - Aditya Rai (24), Sandip Chhetri (24), Arvind Pariyar and Simon Limbu - worked as labourers under him.
Recently, Aditya had got a job offer in Kuwait. After his visa got cleared, he arranged for a farewell party at home on the night of August 31 as he was supposed to leave for Kuwait on Saturday.
The prime accused invited Wangdi and his fellow colleagues for the party. According to Aditya's statement to police, a drunken brawl between the supervisor and labourers angered the youths and they hit Wangdi on the head with an iron rod. Wangdi allegedly was very bossy and he made some comments in an inebriated state that did not go down with the youths, said police.
During interrogation, the youth also revealed that he had had a fight with Wangdi four years ago. It was then that the latter had slashed him with a knife. "We are trying to find out what exactly happened or what instigated Aditya to attack Wangdi with the rod," said L T Bhutia, inspector in charge of Darjeeling Sadar police station.
According to Aditya's statement to police, a drunken brawl between the supervisor and labourers angered the youths and they hit Wangdi on the head with an iron rod. The youth also revealed that he had had a fight with Wangdi four years ago.
The murder comes two days after an 18-year-old boy was killed near Capitol Hill on Ladenla Road, situated at the heart of the town.
Locals said that Wangdi Bhutia, 29, used to work as a supervisor in a road construction project in the Bhutia Bustee itself, while the four youths - Aditya Rai (24), Sandip Chhetri (24), Arvind Pariyar and Simon Limbu - worked as labourers under him.
Recently, Aditya had got a job offer in Kuwait. After his visa got cleared, he arranged for a farewell party at home on the night of August 31 as he was supposed to leave for Kuwait on Saturday.
The prime accused invited Wangdi and his fellow colleagues for the party. According to Aditya's statement to police, a drunken brawl between the supervisor and labourers angered the youths and they hit Wangdi on the head with an iron rod. Wangdi allegedly was very bossy and he made some comments in an inebriated state that did not go down with the youths, said police.
During interrogation, the youth also revealed that he had had a fight with Wangdi four years ago. It was then that the latter had slashed him with a knife. "We are trying to find out what exactly happened or what instigated Aditya to attack Wangdi with the rod," said L T Bhutia, inspector in charge of Darjeeling Sadar police station.
According to Aditya's statement to police, a drunken brawl between the supervisor and labourers angered the youths and they hit Wangdi on the head with an iron rod. The youth also revealed that he had had a fight with Wangdi four years ago.
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