Jamshedpur: The director of a private English medium school was brutally murdered allegedly by his kin at his Chakradharpur house in West Singhbhum district, around 75km from here, in the small hours of Friday.
The victim, identified as Amitav Chatterjee (47), was killed by his elder brother Prabir (50) and nephew Pranam (22).
The identity of the third assailant could not be ascertained except that he was Pranam's friend.
Police have arrested Prabir, who stays at a rented house at Gudribari in Chak-radharpur, around 2km from the house of the victim.
A murder case has been registered against Prabir, his son Pranam and another youth based on an FIR lodged by Snigdha, the victim's mother.
Chakradharpur office in-charge Gopi Nath Tiwary said Amitav had to pay with his life because of a dispute between the brothers over some landed property.
"Amitav was killed in front of his mother Snigdha at around 2am," police said.
"Amitav, who was the director of Nirmala English School in Chakradharpur, had gone out of his house in the evening and returned around 1.45am. As soon as he entered his room, Prabir, Pranam and another barged inside and slit his throat with a knife. Amitav died on the spot. The victim's wife informed police in the morning. We have arrested Prabir, but his son and his friend are missing," Tiwary told The Telegraph.
The OC said the victim and his elderly mother were sleeping in the same room when the three attacked him.
"The assailants were apparently drunk and could not see the victim's mother who was sleeping on another bed in the same room. Although she saw them slitting Amitav's throat with a knife, she could not save her son," Tiwary quoted Snigdha as narrating to him about the murder.
Police said Prabir, who is jobless, and his son were not pleased with the division of the landed property which had taken place about five years ago.
The police have sent the body to Charadharpur subdivisional hospital for post-mortem.
Police, meanwhile, have formed special teams to nab Pranam and the youth who fled after the incident.
