Bokaro (Jharkhand), May 31 (PTI): Six people have been arrested in connection with the alleged murder of a 25-year-old woman in Jharkhand’s Bokaro district, police said on Sunday.

The woman was allegedly thrashed when she intervened in a dispute between two neighbours and tried to pacify them on Friday night. The woman sustained injuries and died during treatment in a Bokaro hospital on Saturday, they said.

The Jharkhand BJP claimed the woman was four months pregnant and that she was murdered. The party had called a day-long bandh in protest against the incident but withdrew it after the main accused was arrested.

“The party called a day-long bandh in protest against the incident, but we decided to withdraw it because the police arrested the accused who committed the crime,” former BJP MLA from Bokaro Biranchi Narayan said.

Bermo police station officer-in-charge Rohit Kumar said, “We arrested six people, including the main accused, identified as Surendra Bhuiyan, in connection with the case. The victim allegedly died after being thrashed on Friday night when she intervened in a dispute between the main accused and another neighbour. She was rushed to a hospital, where she died during treatment on Saturday.”

The incident took place on Friday night at Dhaurra Dhori Railway Siding, 5 Number Colony in Bermo police station area when the victim, Anita Devi and her husband intervened in an altercation between two neighbours, a senior police officer said.

The victim’s body was sent to Tenughat Sub-Divisional Hospital for a post-mortem examination, he said.

The five other arrested accused were identified as Bablu Kumar, Birendra Kumar Bharati, Rahul Degar, Rajesh Bhuiyan and Dhiren Bhuiyan.

Police arrested them after registering an FIR based on the statements and a written complaint given by the deceased’s family, the officer said.

Raids are also being conducted to apprehend the remaining accused, and a detailed investigation is underway, the OC added.