PATNA: Police on Tuesday arrested two criminals for their alleged involvement in the murder of Jitendra Kumar Gandhi who ran a footwear showroom on Bailey Road in Patna on November 21.
Pintu Yadav and Lalli Sharma, both in their mid-20s, were arrested from the slums behind Aranya Bhawan under the Aiport police station area in the city. Police said a bike allegedly used in the crime, two cellphones, two countrymade pistols and seven live cartridges were recovered from them.
Gandhi's showroom was located at Ashiana Mor. After the day's business, he along with his son Abhiyu Raj was returning home on a bike late in the evening when four criminals riding two bikes tried to snatch a bag from them near Jagdeo Path.
When resisted, one of the criminals opened fire. Abhiyu also fired back on the fleeing criminals from a licensed pistol, but they escaped unhurt.
Patna SSP Manu Maharaaj said that it was Lalli who had fired on the trader. "Lalli was sitting behind Pintu on a sports bike while Bunty and Golu Kumar were on another bike. They started trailing the businessman soon after he left the showroom," the SSP said and added raids were on to nab the other two accused.
According to the SSP, the criminals had conducted a recce and had been tracking the movement of the trader for a couple of days before the incident.
Pintu was in jail for almost 18 months and had come out on bail four months back, the SSP said, adding he and his associates were involved in the killing of a lawyer and his son in Danapur in 2015 and another businessman in Nalanda a couple of months back.
Police said the four criminals were part of a bigger gang. On the indications of the two arrested criminals, their five associates were also arrested from Fatuha in Patna district while they were planning to loot Rs 15 lakh from a rice wholesaler in the area.
Pintu Yadav and Lalli Sharma, both in their mid-20s, were arrested from the slums behind Aranya Bhawan under the Aiport police station area in the city. Police said a bike allegedly used in the crime, two cellphones, two countrymade pistols and seven live cartridges were recovered from them.
Gandhi's showroom was located at Ashiana Mor. After the day's business, he along with his son Abhiyu Raj was returning home on a bike late in the evening when four criminals riding two bikes tried to snatch a bag from them near Jagdeo Path.
When resisted, one of the criminals opened fire. Abhiyu also fired back on the fleeing criminals from a licensed pistol, but they escaped unhurt.
Patna SSP Manu Maharaaj said that it was Lalli who had fired on the trader. "Lalli was sitting behind Pintu on a sports bike while Bunty and Golu Kumar were on another bike. They started trailing the businessman soon after he left the showroom," the SSP said and added raids were on to nab the other two accused.
According to the SSP, the criminals had conducted a recce and had been tracking the movement of the trader for a couple of days before the incident.
Pintu was in jail for almost 18 months and had come out on bail four months back, the SSP said, adding he and his associates were involved in the killing of a lawyer and his son in Danapur in 2015 and another businessman in Nalanda a couple of months back.
Police said the four criminals were part of a bigger gang. On the indications of the two arrested criminals, their five associates were also arrested from Fatuha in Patna district while they were planning to loot Rs 15 lakh from a rice wholesaler in the area.
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