<p>Tushar Mehto (21), a student of SKIT college near Hesarghatta, was murdered on January 14.<br /><br />Rohit (24), a native of Ranchi, his wife Shivani (21) and her sister Preethi who hail from Agra and their friend Varish (21), a native of Patna, have been arrested in connection with the case, the police said.<br /><br />Tushar, who hailed from Patna, was residing near his college and had acquaintances with dance bar girls in the city including Shivani, they said.</p>.<p>The five -- Tushar, Rohit, Shivani, Preethi and Varish-- met at Rohit's house on January 14. They consumed liquor and planned to extort Rs nine lakh as ransom from Tushar's father, a contractor in Patna, on the pretext that Tushar had been kidnapped.<br /><br />Though Tushar agreed to the plan initially, he later started protesting against the proposed kidnap drama. At this in fit of rage Varish stabbed Tushar in the stomach with a broken liquor bottle resulting in his death, the police said.<br /><br />Later, fearing police action, the four dumped the body in a deserted area. They then started making calls to Tushar's father Pramod demanding ransom.<br /><br />Pramod arrived here from Patna and lodged a complaint, police said, adding, the four were arrested and the mobiles phones and the car used by them seized.<br /><br />They also recovered Tushar's decomposed body.</p>
<p>Tushar Mehto (21), a student of SKIT college near Hesarghatta, was murdered on January 14.<br /><br />Rohit (24), a native of Ranchi, his wife Shivani (21) and her sister Preethi who hail from Agra and their friend Varish (21), a native of Patna, have been arrested in connection with the case, the police said.<br /><br />Tushar, who hailed from Patna, was residing near his college and had acquaintances with dance bar girls in the city including Shivani, they said.</p>.<p>The five -- Tushar, Rohit, Shivani, Preethi and Varish-- met at Rohit's house on January 14. They consumed liquor and planned to extort Rs nine lakh as ransom from Tushar's father, a contractor in Patna, on the pretext that Tushar had been kidnapped.<br /><br />Though Tushar agreed to the plan initially, he later started protesting against the proposed kidnap drama. At this in fit of rage Varish stabbed Tushar in the stomach with a broken liquor bottle resulting in his death, the police said.<br /><br />Later, fearing police action, the four dumped the body in a deserted area. They then started making calls to Tushar's father Pramod demanding ransom.<br /><br />Pramod arrived here from Patna and lodged a complaint, police said, adding, the four were arrested and the mobiles phones and the car used by them seized.<br /><br />They also recovered Tushar's decomposed body.</p>