Madhya Pradesh contractor arrested for murdering youth

Rewari: Police in Rewari have arrested a building contractor in connection with the murder of a city youth whose body was exhumed from a construction site, police said.

Pramod Saini was supervising the construction work of his uncle late Kanwar Singh Sainis house, whose construction work had been assigned on contractual basis to Murli, a resident of Madhya Pradesh.

Deputy Superintendent of Police Krishan Lal said that after an altercation over some advance payment of construction remuneration, Murli allegedly assaulted Pramod with a spade and then strangled him to death.

Pramods body was buried in a pit at the construction site by the accused, Lal said.

Murli was apprehended after which he made confession leading to the exhumation of Pramod's body last evening.

Police registered a case of murder and destruction of evidence against the contractor.