Ranchi Police arrested five persons involved in Bittu Khan alias Tanveer Alam murder case.
Addressing a press meet Ranchi SSP, Kishor Kaushal said that Khan was shot dead in the late evening of June 6 near the area located at Tonte Chowk of Edalhatu under Bariatu police station area. “The conspiracy of this killing was hatched by Raj Verma, who was lodged in Birsa Munda Central Jail. The SIT team was constituted to investigate the case. The team has arrested Rohan Srivastava, Mohammad Arif, Ankit Kumar Singh, Deepak Kumar Singh and Ankush Kumar Singh involved in the murder. Police have recovered two pistols, three live bullets, two bikes and four mobile phones from them,” he added.
Kaushal further informed that the Police investigation has revealed that the arrested criminals had made a plan to kill Khan two-three months ago. “Ankit Kumar Singh was assigned the task of conducting watch at Edalhatu TOP and Deepak Kumar Singh of Bittu's house. On June 3, Deepak Kumar Singh and Ankush Kumar Singh alias Lucky went to jail to meet Raj Verma, who was in jail, to receive instructions from him. The incident was executed only on the instructions of Verma. Durga and Abhishek Malik were riding the same bike on the day of the incident. Durga was driving the car and Abhishek Malik had a pistol. Rohan Srivastava and Rohit Munda alias Bidi were riding on the second bike. Rohan Srivastava was driving, while Rohit Munda alias Beedi had a pistol. After the incident, Mo Arif of Doranda was given weapons and a bike to hide,” he added.