Two out of six accused in the case of abduction and murder of the Ranchi banker Prasun Kumar Pal were arrested by Ranchi police on Wednesday.
Notably, Prasun Kumar Pal a Bank of India employee at Syamli branch was abducted in front of the AG office in Doranda on September 3 and was murdered afterwards at Burmu.
A team of 4 police officials formed under the leadership of City SP Anup Birthray succeeded in arresting the two accused namely Rahul Trivedi and Tausif Raja from Chakradharpur on Wednesday.
Afsar Khuresi who is considered to be the main accused of this case surrendered to the police two days before the arrest regarding another murder case (case no. 41/44) registered on him at Namkum Police Station.
In a press conference on Thursday SSP Prabhat Kumar informed that the gang of six people were keeping an eye on the movement of the banker. They planned to make a dash on his car and abduct him in the process of resolving the dispute, which was to be followed by asking for an abduction amount of Rs 20 lakh.
But, the moment the dash was made the public present nearby gathered and Prasun Kumar Pal himself came and sat in their car which took them by surprise and led to the change in their plan.
They assured the banker to give the settlement amount but he got indulged in a verbal fight with them.
They took Prasun in their car and shot the first bullet in his leg near Dibdih Flyover. But, with the fear of being recognized they took the car to Burmu and killed Prasun.
Afsar Ansari accused of shooting Pal was said to be in drunken state and is to be taken on remand by the police. Rest of the three accused namely Badshah, Chotu and Ravi are still to be caught.Two mobile phones, a country made pistol and two live bullets were recovered from the two accused.