A statement issued by Darbhanga Police said, “Analysis of the CCTV footage has revealed that these four persons entered the house of Jitan Sahni around 10.30 pm on July 15 and stayed there for half an hour.”

Bihar Police have detained four persons for questioning in connection with its probe into the murder of Jitan Sahni, father of Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) chief Mukesh Sahni.

“Investigators are analysing call detail records of all the four detained persons, their history and also the purpose of visiting the victim’s house on Monday night. Other information about the detained persons is also being collected from the villagers,” the statement added.

Preliminary investigation and examination of the detained persons have revealed that two of them had previously borrowed money at interest from the deceased, it said.

“It has also been found that these two persons had been involved in a heated argument with the deceased two days before the latter’s murder. It has also been found that these two people had threatened the victim to teach him a lesson following the heated argument,” the statement added.

“One of the detained persons is believed to have pledged his motorcycle as collateral for a loan from the victim,” it said.