Itanagar Police arrested one for murder

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NAHARLAGUN: Koj Sambiyo (35), accused for the brutal murder of one Debraj Singh alias Salamuddin (50), working at Spectrum Coaching Institute, near here was arrested by the capital police on Tuesday.

Debraj Singh alias Salamudidin is son of Late Pama Singh, an original resident of Orissa but later changed his religion and name after being married to a Muslim woman and had shifted to Laluk, Assam.

The deceased body has been handed over to family members after post-mortem. A case vide NLG PS case No-97/21 u/s 302 IPC has been registered.

"It seems like there might be a romantic angle involved in the murder which is being found out so far," he said, adding that the murder weapon — a local Dao (Machete) has been recovered by the police.

He said that the police received the information of murder nearby Barapani near here on Tuesday at around 11.45 pm. Accordingly a team led by SI SS Jha, OC K Yangfo under the supervision of SP Jimmy Chiram rushed to the place of occurrence.

Subsequently, the accused Koj Sambiyo, who was hiding in the Jungle was arrested.

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