Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) Ranchi district Vice-president, Subodh Nand Tiwari (50) was shot dead in public near Mudma Chowk under Mandar Police Station on Saturday late evening, police said on Sunday.
The incident took place on the roadside on NH-75. When Tiwari was going to sit in his Scorpio, two criminals shot three bullets in his head from close range. He died on the spot.
Mandar Police Station In-charge Ranajung Bahadur Singh informed that Tiwari was a resident of Mudma. “He used to work as a sub contractor. Tiwari was also the JMM's Mandar Assembly in-charge in the just-concluded Assembly elections. He has two children,” he added.
“Tiwari was standing at the Roadside at Mudma Chowk for about an hour by parking his Scorpio on the road. During this time, he had a drink with friends at the Chowk and crossed the road and tried to open the gate to sitin the vehicle. Two young men reached there and gave him a voice. As soon as he turned towards them after hearing the voice, the youth shot three bullets on his head,” said Singh.
The Police Station Incharge said that after that, the criminals ran away by waving weapons from there. According to eyewitnesses, his four other companions waiting on the other side of the road were keeping the bike started. After sitting on the bike, the criminals also made air firing and escaped from there towards Ranchi, he added.
“After the incident, there was a ripple in Mudma Chowk for a while. Initially people thought that some firecrackers were bursting in the square. But later they came to know that there was a bullet here and the criminals killed Tiwari, then most shops of the Chowk were closed due to panic. Getting the information of the incident Mandar Police recovered body and took it to the Police Station after that sent it to RIMS for post-mortem,” SAID sINGH.
Rural SP Rishabha Jha also reached Mandar after getting information about the murder in the crowded Mudma Chowk. He inspected spot of the incident and questioned the family members of the deceased at the Police Station. He said that the prima facie murder case seems to be related to the land dispute. However, the police is also investigating other points.
After getting information of Tiwari's murder, JMM Ranchi District president Mustaq Alam, Central Committee Member of JMM, Samanur Mansuri, District Vice president Dharmendra Singh, Belal Ansari, Imran Khan, Salman Ali Khan, Sidambaz Khan and others reached the Police Station and demanded arrest of the culprits at the earliest.