The Kendrapada Town police on Friday arrested theson-in-law of gangster Hyder in bomb hurling at a furniture shop here. Two others had been detained on Wednesday night in this connection. According to SP Nitinjit Singh, the police had too seized a four-wheeler, used for the crime. The arrested person was identified Sk Annisuddin (32), the son-in-law of gangster Hyder. The other two, Sk Khalil (63) and his son Sk Kala (35), detained earlier were also arrested. The trio belongs to Ranpada village.
The reason behind the hurling of bombs, as per the preliminary inquiry, was due to long standing land dispute between Khalil and proprietor of the shop Mir Imran Ali. Khalil took the aid of his relative gangster Hyder to threaten Ali. Even, the gangster family had demanded extortion money from Ali. When Ali did not pay any heed to Hyder’s demand, he sent his associates to hurl bombs. The arrested were on Friday booked under various Sections of IPC; Arms Act and Explosive Substance Act and were sent to SDJM Court, Kendrapada.
Meanwhile, police have identified the four others who were involved in the bomb hurling case.