More than 20 cases of violence were reported from different localities of Ranchi in last two days including a case of firing in the city’s Dhurwa locality. Most of the cases of violence were reported on Monday, during the celebrations of Holi.
Violence broke out between two groups in Dhurwa’s JP Market which led one group to open fire on another group, thus injuring two persons in the incident. The person named Birendra Kumar Singh is said to have sustained bullet injury while his 12 year-old-daughter, Kajal, was also injured due to bullet shot. Both father and daughter were rushed to Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences by the ambulance being used under ‘Golden Hour’ system and are out of danger.
“So far we have conducted three raids but to no avail,” said Dhurwa police station in-charge Indramani Chaudhary. Incidentally, as many as six calls were made for emergency help under the ‘Golden Hour’ system in past two days. The festive season kept the police on toe which had to attend close to 20 calls related to street violence. The incidents were reported mostly from the Sadar and Dhurwa region of the city with some reported from outskirt of the city.