1 held in triple murder case

One person was arrested today in connection with a triple murder in which a man, his wife and three-year-old son had been killed in Balughat area here recently, police said.

Rajesh Badaik alias Mundari (25), an accused in a murder case earlier, was arrested after thorough investigation, said Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO), Tushar Jena.

Mundari, who had allegedly killed one person in 2014 just for Rs 80 and a mobile phone, was picked up and taken for interrogation and finally confessed to have committed the crime for money, he said.

On April 26, three of a family from Jharkhand - Milko Badaik (30), his wife Arati (25) and son Adikunj - were found murdered in their house with their heads crushed with some very heavy object, police said.