Sikkim: 4 construction workers held for killing contractor with hammer over wage dispute

GANGTOK: (Jan 24) Four construction workers, including a minor, were held in Sikkim's Gyalshing district for allegedly murdering a contractor with a hammer following a dispute over wages, police said on Saturday.

The incident happened in Dentam Tar on Friday evening, and the accused persons and the victim were all from West Bengal, they said.

Rajiv Mandal (27), a resident of Raiganj in West Bengal's Uttar Dinajpur district, was working as a contractor at a construction site, while the four accused were working as masons and carpenters under him.