Palamau district winessed two murders, resulting in 5 arrests during durga puja.

At a press conference organised on Mondau, SP Palamau Sanjeev Kumar revealed deatils of the cases, triggered by love and betrayal.

The first case is of October 23 wherethe in body of a minor girl aged 17 was found in a well, owned by one Sanjay Pandey about a kilometer from the Sordeeha branch of SBI.

The SP said the girl had two boyfriends, one Ranjeet Vishwakarma and one Sanjay Mehta of Bishrampur police station.

SDPO Bishrampur Surjit Kumar said the two boyfriends conspired and killed her.

Ranjit and Sanjay have been remanded in judicial custody today.

In the other case, a 22 year old boy Hemant Kumar was found hacked to death. He was in love with a girl and her brothers killed him.

The incident took place under Chhaterpur police station where the two brothers of Sunil Ram and Alok Ram along with a co-villager Guddu Pandey have been arrested and remanded to judicial custody today.

Police have recovered two knives used in the crime and a blood soaked cloth, along a cell phone.