Police have arrested the neighbour of a state officer’s elderly parents found murdered in their house in Fauji Gali in Daltonganj on Thursday morning.

SP Palamau Chandan Kumar Sinha at a media conference held on Friday evening said, “We have cracked this case in 12 hours.”

He said the neighbour of the deceased couple identified as Shivam Pandey has been arrested.

Pandey has confessed to have knifed the couple to death. However, the SP said the youth has given an odd reason for the twin murder.

SP said the arrested youth is a player of PUB G. The youth told the police that Rajeshwar Ram, an ex army officer, used to snub and deride him and his family.

The youth has also told the police that Rajeshwar was in the habit of browbeating him and his family.

“The youth told us that this ex army man had made him feel he was a luckless fellow and could do nothing in life,” said Sinha.

SP said such a long and incessant rapping of this youth had made him repulsive towards Rajeshwar.

On Wednesday evening, Pandey was invited by Rajeshwar to his house for tea.

SP said the youth told police that on that evening too Rajeshwar was at his jeer best for him and that enraged him and he took out his knife and killed the couple.

Police have arrested the youth but have not found the weapon used in the twin murders.

SP said, “We tried to find out the weapon of offence on the clues given by the youth but in vain.”

SP said police have sent the arrested youth in judicial remand but will request the court for his police remand.

Pandey had stolen Rs 40,000 from the almirah of the deceased couple which police have recovered.

Sources said police will investigate all angles of the murder including caste anymosity.