Just over a month following the death of a 19-year-old Uttam Kumar Sahu at the hands of his cousins at Daiguttu in Mango, some unidentified miscreants set a motorcycle on fire at his house during the early hours of Monday. The teenager was allegedly stabbed to death on October 16.

The bike, which belonged to Uttam’s father Madan Sahu, was parked on the residential premises at night but was found charred on Monday morning.

Sahu has lodged a complaint with the police at the Mango thana and has accused his elder brother Nandlal and nephew Sumeet Sahu alias Pachina of committing the arson, setting the bike on fire.

Someone had entered into the premises by jumping over the boundary wall, leaving behind footprints on the wall.

On receiving the complaint, a police team visited the spot and inspected the crime scene.

"A motorcycle has been set on fire at Madan Sahu's house in the early hours on Monday. We have also found several footprints on the wall, suggesting that those involved in the crime must have entered by escalating the boundary wall. We are getting the footprints examined by a team of forensic experts," said OC, Mango thana Vinay Kumar while talking to The Telegraph Online.

He also informed that in connection with the Uttam Sahu mirder case, three persons were arrested and sent to jail. However, Nandlal Sahu and his son Pachina, who are also named accused in the case, are still absconding.

"We are trying to arrest the two accused and will initiate a process of `kurki-jabti' (attachment of property) by praying in the court if the duo are not arrested soon," said the OC.

The late teenager was the only son of Madan, and was stabbed to death in front of his house at Teli Line in Daiguttu in October. A property dispute between Madan Sahu and brother Nandanlal Sahu was the reason behind the murder.

However, this was not the first time the family faced such issues after the murder. About a fortnight ago someone launched a gun attack on Sahu’s house, leading him to lodge an FIR with the police. The police had subsequently carried out a probe and claimed that there was no trace of the firing.

Madan's daughter Sujata Kumari said that after her brother was murdered, they had to live under fear as Nandalal and his son Pachina seemed to have turned blood-thirsty.

"First Nandlal and his sons killed my brother and now they are resorting to frightening us by sometimes opening fire at our house and sometimes setting our property on fire. Nandlal actually wants us to flee from the house and now we are completely depending on the action by the police," Sujata told The Telegraph Online.