Revealing the fact related to the murder of Dr RB Chaudhary, abducted by some unidentified persons from his clinic on Thursday last, police claimed that he was killed by his abductors to hide their identity on the pretext of getting arrested.
Three persons have been arrested in this connection while two others are still at large. Gumla SP Bheemsen Tuti also produced the three abductors — Rupesh Prasad, Deepak Kumar and Ashok Oraon before the media on Wednesday at his office in Gumla.
“Three persons have been arrested so far in this connection who have admitted that after getting the ransom amount, they decided to kill the doctor so that their identity could not be revealed further,” said Tuti. According to the SP, it was divulged that the plan was formulated on May 28, 29 and 30 in a hotel in Ranchi after doing proper recce of the clinic of Chaudhary.
“During the technical investigations it was found that several calls had been made from a particular number on the mobile of Chaudhary and several teams were formed and sent to various places to trace the number and its location. It was later established that the number belonged to a noted criminal Abhay Ji, alias Dhananjay Mehta alias Krishna Mohan Jha alias Kali Jha of Muzaffarpur, who recently had come out from jail,” said the SP.
The SP further said that the Abhay Ji came to Gumla along with his friends on May 30 and went towards Raidih after abducting Chaudhary on the basis of the appointment taken by them earlier. Chaudhary was kept hostage at the ancestral house of Suraj Pandit in Bakatpur village in Raidih leaving Ashok Oraon and Rupesh Prasad to take care of Chaudhary.
“Demand of ransom was first made on May 30 while Abhay Ji and Suraj Pandit moved towards Kaimur in Baxar district of Bihar via Ranchi The SP further said that a forensic team visited the place where Chaudhary was kept hostage and succeeded in collecting vital clues against them. The investigation and the efforts for arresting the remaining two abductors were still on, he added.
Chaudhary, abducted from his clinic on Thursday evening was found dead near Shahi Toli Dam under Raidih Police Station in Gumla on Monday. He was kidnapped by two unidentified persons after he returned to his private clinic from the Chief Minister’s programme in Gumla. Chief Minister Raghubar Das had gone there to take part in ‘School Chale Chalayen Abhiyan’ of which Choudhary was a part of the health team deputed for Das.
Baffled over the brutal murder of their colleague, Doctors and medical staff started protesting during which NH 78 was blocked seizing all the medical facilities in Gumla. Jharkhand Chapter of Indian Medical Association, registering their protest against the killing, even demanded the CM to take moral responsibility for Chaudhary’s murder besides ensuring security of the doctors and arresting of all those who were involved in this brutal murder.