Four unidentified motorcycle borne criminals shot dead the owner of Vashano bus on Monday morning near Ranka More of the Garhwa town. People blocked the road for about five hours with the dead body of the deceased.
The deceased has been identified as Pradeep Tiwari (40 years), a resident of Garhwa town. According to the police sources, at around 5.20 in the morning when the deceased went to have tea near Ranka, criminals stopped near his vehicle and fired at him. Tiwari, in his bid to to save himself, ran away from the incident place and entered in a house where criminals followed him and shot him dead.
To protest the killing of Tiwari, Garhwa residents blocked the main road with the body near Garhwa hospital for about five hours. Protesters demanded immediate arrest of killers. The blockade was lifted after assurance of Garhwa SP Sudhir kumar Jha. Police are conducting raids to nab the culprits.