Jamshedpur man thrashed to death for sending love letter to young woman

Jamshedpur, Oct 17: In a bizarre incident, a 60-year-old man Shivcharan Sardar was beaten to death by a neighbour for allegedly sending a love letter to a young woman. The incident took place at Tetla village under Potka police station about 25 km from here late last night, spreading a sensation in the area. The woman is said to be a close relative of the assailant

The police arrested the assailant, Mahendra Sardar today and sent the body to the MGM medical college mortuary for postmortem.

According to information, Shivcharan, who was a resident of the same village, was sitting in front of his house when Mahendra came there angry. After a brief argument with the elderly man, Mahendra picked up a stick from his residential premises and started thrashing.

The 28-year-old assailant hit the victim so harshly that he was left dead. As the news spread the fellow villager rushed to the spot after hearing the noise, the assailant claimed to them that he killed the elderly man as he had sent a love letter to his sister-in-law. A police party reached the village early in the morning and arrested Mahendra.

Potka police station officer-in-charge Ravindra Singh Munda who probed the matter said the assailant killed the old man without knowing the truth.

“We are investigating the incident. The woman in question is 23-year-old. On Sunday evening, the murder victim had given his mobile phone number to the assailant’s wife, asking her to give it to the said woman so that she may call her whenever she would face any trouble. When Mahendra overheard he made up an idea that Shivcharan must be trying to develop relationships with his sister-in-He was prompted to kill the man without knowing the truth,” noted the OC.