Patna, Oct 24 A 20-year-old youth allegedly killed his 18-month-old brother with a sharp-edged weapon inside a temple premises in Bihar’s Patna district on Saturday, police said.
Officials said the accused beheaded his younger brother with a cleaver inside the Durga temple, but the motive behind the murder was not clear yet.
The incident took place at Jitan Chhapra village within Rani Talab police station limits in Paliganj area.
“We received information around 11.50 am that the accused, identified as Ajit, killed his one-and-a-half-year-old brother with a dabiya (cleaver) inside a temple premises in Jitan Chhapra village,” Paliganj Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) Pankaj Kumar Sharma said.
Police went to the spot and arrested the accused.
Bikram Circle Inspector Chandrika Prasad said Ajit beheaded his younger brother with the murder weapon inside the temple, but the speculation of ‘bali’ or sacrificial offering to the deity remains unsubstantiated as of now.
(PTI News)
