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Police arrest suspect in murder of Indian student

Washington: In an apparent breakthrough in the killing of Indian student Abhijeet Mahato, the police have arrested a young suspect and charged him with murder and robbery.

Mahato (29), an IIT alumnus who was pursuing an engineering doctorate at the Duke University’s Pratt School of Engineering in Durham, was found dead with gunshot wounds at his residence near the University campus last Friday.

The arrest of Stephen Lavance Oates Jr., 19, by the Durham Police came after a late-night chase into the Wake County. He was charged on Wednesday with murdering Mahato during a robbery in his apartment.

Oates was among the four persons, including the two 14-year-olds arrested on Tuesday after the car chase, according to an online update in Durham’s News and Observer. Investigators said the arrests may have brought them a step closer to solving some of the more than 70 robberies committed since January 1.

At least four of the robberies involved Duke students and faculty.— PTI

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