Jharkhand SHOCKER: Man hires killers to kill father to get his job, arrested

The suspect, Amit Munda, had hired hitmen to kill his own father, Ramji Munda, so that he could keep his job at Central Coalfields Limited.

Jharkhand crime news: In a disturbing example of how low some people can stoop to get a steady government job, a man in the Ramgarh district of Jharkhand is said to have hired hitmen to kill his own father so that he could later be compassionately grounds could get his job.

According to police, the 25-year-old suspect, who has now been arrested, allegedly paid for some rental guns to kill his father – an employee of Central Coalfields Limited (CCL) – in order to get his father’s job after his death.

On Thursday (November 16), the victim, Ramji Munda, a CCL employee, was shot at by an unidentified motorcycle in broad daylight at Matkama Chowk in Ramgarh district, said the police.

Munda, who suffered serious bullet injuries in the attack, was rushed to a local hospital where he is receiving treatment. His condition is critical, they said.

A senior officer said the police had registered a case after the attack and during investigation it came to light that the Ramji’s son Amit Munda had hired some gunmen to kill his own father. Amit Munda was later arrested and booked under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code, including attempt to murder.

“CCL employee Ramji Munda was shot at by hitmen who were allegedly hired by his son Amit Munda as he had been given his job on compassionate grounds,” Patratu Sub-divisional Police Officer (SDPO) Birendra Kumar Chaudhary told reporters.

The SDPO said a manhunt has been launched to nab the hitmen and further investigations are underway.

CCL, a subsidiary of Coal India Limited (CIL), has a provision to provide permanent employment to a legally dependent of an employee if he or she dies during his or her service, an official said.

Earlier, in November 2020, a 35-year-old unemployed person had killed his 55-year-old father, a security guard posted at the CCL workshop in Barkakana, by slitting his throat in his room.

(With PTI inputs)