Younger brother strangles elder brother to death
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Mahasamund. The younger brother strangled his own elder brother to death in a mutual dispute in Sarekel village of Patewa police station area of the district. Pateva police received information that Deepak Patel was lying dead on the bed inside the room of his house. There were injury marks on the neck and various parts of the body of the deceased. As soon as the information was received, the police team reached the spot. When the team looked closely at the dead body, there were injury marks on the body of the deceased.
On enquiry, the police came to know that the deceased lived with his younger brother Balendra Patel. The police also found scratch marks on the body of Balendra Patel. After this, the team interrogated Balendra by taking him into custody. During the interrogation, at first Balendra tried to mislead the police, but later on when the police strictly interrogated him, he accepted the murder.
The accused told the police that his elder brother Deepak Patel was under the influence of alcohol on the night of 22 June. In the night, saying that the food was not cooked, he abused and danced. Then on the second day, on 23rd June, at 6 o’clock in the morning, he again started abusing and fighting while arguing. In a fit of rage, he strangled his elder brother to death. Police arrested the younger brother in this case and sent him to jail in judicial remand.