Hazaribag: Chatra police have arrested three key accused persons who had been absconding for nearly three years in the 2023 murder of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) jawan Shivkumar Yadav, 35, allegedly beaten to death over a dispute involving two decimals of land.Addressing a news conference on Wednesday evening, Chatra SDPO Sunny Vardhan said Somar Bhuiyan alias Jagdish Bhuiyan (50), Surendra Bhuiyan (30) and Nandu Kumar (28), all residents of Sonbarsa village under Hunterganj police station limits, were arrested on Tuesday.Police said the incident occurred in Ameen village in 2023 after the land dispute turned violent. Yadav, a resident of Ameen, was assaulted and later succumbed to injuries. The accused had been on the run since.The breakthrough followed sustained raids based on technical surveillance and specific intelligence. They were produced in court and remanded to judicial custody. Raids continue to arrest the remaining accused.
