2 held for murder of youth who protested gambling

“We are looking into every possibility,including a possible love affair,” said police.

The area remained gripped in fear with locals refusing to speak about the murder. None of Dhaki’s friends were willing to talk. Some of them said they knew of the gambling racket prevalent in the area but they never tried to protest against it.

Dhaki’s protest too,according to his cousin Prashanta,was not an organised one. “He would get into a brawl with the gamblers on and off but never really put up an organised movement against the drinking and gambling spree here,” he said.