District police have arrested two more accused, who were involved in the murder of Bananchal Gramin Bank cashier Jainil Pandey. Police recovered ransom money from from the two.
Acting on a tip off, a team led by police inspector Ajay Singh reached at Delhi. With the cooperation of Delhi Police, the team had arrested accused Jiyaul Hoque on Monday. Police also recovered `29,000 from him.
Police brought Hoque to Garhwa. Jiyaul Houque, a resident of Khaparo village, which comes under Ranka police station, confessed before the police that Sadam shot Jainil Pandey after recieving ransom money ofR`20 lakh. After shooting Pandey, Sadam also threw acid on Pandey’s body.
Hoque is a veteran criminal and he confessed his involvement in five kidnapping cases. Following his disclosure, police also arrested Chotu Ansari, a resident of village Khaparo, which comes under Ranka police station.
Police had arrested two accused — Niranjan Singh and Sharwan Singh — in the connection to the case. Police raid is going on for arresting of last accused Sadam Ansari.
It is known that cashier Jainil Pandey has been kidnapped on way to Garhwa from Dhurki bank on June 9. After taking ransom money of `20 lakh, criminals shot him dead on June 10. Eleven days after the kidnapping, police recovered his skeleton from Saltua forest under Chainpur police station of Palamu district.