Overview

• Investigators found 33-year-old Raji Ahmed dead in Khajuri Khas on August 11 and his 37-year-old brother-in-law Shami Alam locked in a Dayalpur kitchen the next day.
• Police say a drinking party on August 10 escalated into a fight over a ₹2 lakh loan, leading to Alam’s fatal beating and the concealment of his body.
• Authorities allege that fearing Raji would expose them, the initial attackers enlisted two accomplices and later lured and stabbed him to death.
• Khajuri Khas and Dayalpur police teams working with the northeast district’s Special Staff unit used CCTV analysis to identify and arrest Vickey Tomar, Ashfaq, Faizaan (Khali) and Mohd Masoom (Chotu).
• The investigation remains active with formal charges and forensic results pending as officers continue to build the case.