Ranchi Police on Thursday arrested two persons Md Ashif and Khurshid Alam in a case related to murder of a micro finance company staff Abhishek Kumar which took place recently near National law University at Ring Road in Ranchi. Police have also recovered one Country pistol from their possession.
“Acting on a tip-off, a team headed by DSP(I) Amit Kacchhap was formed by the Senior SP which raided various locations in Ramgarh and Pitoria and arrested Md Arif from Rajrappa in Ramgarh, while Khurshid Alam was arrested from Pithoria in Ranchi on Thursday,” said Rural SP Rajkumar lakra. later both of them accepted their involvement in the murder case (59/16) which took place on June 9, 2016, added Kumar.
“They also looted a bag full of money from Abhishek and ran away,” said lakra. One country made pistol, 2 live cartridges and a mobile phone have also been recovered from their possession, said lakra.
Abhishek, hailing from Ghatshila, had recently joined SKS micro-finance company a month back which used to give group loans and collect installments on monthly basis. Abhishek had been assigned to collect installments from the villagers.
Abhishek, still under training period, got killed while returning from collecting the money from various groups.
The team of Police officials also included Inspector Madhusudan Prasad, SI Sukhram Oraon and ASI Sanchita Murmu of Kanke Police Station.