Hanumanganj police have nabbed seven miscreants who threatened and assaulted a 24-year-old youth on May 10 at Chhola Road; the crime was committed for a contract of Rs 50,000 which was paid by business rivals.
Acting on a tip off, one of the miscreants identified as Banjrangi alias lakhan Sahu (22) was nabbed who confessed regarding his accomplices who were involved in committing the crime.
Arun Barar (19), Ajay Barar (19), Sudhip alias Kalla (21), Vishal Verma (19), Ajay Ahirwar (19) and Shobharam Saini (26) were nabbed based on the information provided by lakhan.
Police said that the accused and victim were acquainted and used to do business of producing confectionary goods and later the main accused Bajrangi left the business and started his own but failed and started to threaten Sudeep to close his business and before the attack on May 10 Sudeep was threatened by the accused. The victim and accused are native of Bihar.
A complaint was lodged by the victim Sudeep Sahu regarding assault and threatening by miscreants while he was on his walking towards his house in Radhakrishna Colony at around 10 pm on May 10 when miscreants on motorbike arrived and attacked him with sharp edged weapons and when he raised alarm they escaped the spot. The police registered a case under section 341,324,326 and 34 of the IPC and started investigation.
During the investigation police have seized the vehicles and sharp edged weapons used in the crime. The accused have confessed that they have done contract crimes for extortion, threatening and assaulting in the past.