A shocking case has come to light from Jharkhand’s Dhanbad district, where a man has been arrested for allegedly hiring assassins to kill his father so he could get a job on compassionate grounds, police said.The victim, Tuleshwar Nonia, worked at a Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL) colliery in Barora and had only two years of service left before retirement. According to police, his son Vijay Chauhan wanted a permanent job at the colliery after his father’s death and planned the murder with two men, Amit Singh and Akhilesh Mallah. All three have been arrested.Dhanbad Rural Superintendent of Police S Mohammed Yakub said, “Nonia was a coal worker in a BCCL colliery in Barora. He had only two years of service left at BCCL. His son Vijay Chauhan wanted to secure a permanent job at the colliery on compassionate grounds following his father’s death and conspired to eliminate his father.”Police claimed Chauhan had offered Rs 10 lakh to Singh and Mallah to carry out the murder, though no advance payment was made before the crime.According to the investigation, Chauhan allegedly created an alibi by telling his father he was travelling to Bihar’s Aurangabad to attend a relative’s wedding. He left home on Friday morning.Police said that after Nonia finished his shift on the night of June 19, Singh and Mallah offered him a lift on their motorcycle. They allegedly took him to a secluded place, where they killed him by hitting him with a large stone.Investigators said the accused later smashed Nonia’s face to hide his identity and dragged the body onto the main road to make the murder look like a road accident.The case took a turn after police examined CCTV footage from the BCCL system at the AMP Colliery. According to Yakub, the footage showed Nonia riding on the motorcycle with Singh and Mallah.“CCTV footage from the BCCL system at the AMP Colliery clearly showed Nonia riding on the same motorcycle with Singh and Mallah. Acting on this lead, the police detained both men and subjected them to rigorous interrogation, eventually uncovering the full truth,” the officer said.Police also said Mallah has a criminal record and was previously jailed in cases related to coal and diesel theft registered at Madhuban police station.
