Additional Director General (ADG) of Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on Sunday stated that police were working round the clock to nab the criminals involved in murder of rice trader Narendra Singh Hora adding they were hopeful of solving the case soon.
The ADG Ajay Kumar Singh, Ranchi Deputy Inspector General Amol V Homkar and other officials inspected the crime spot on Sunday. Talking to press persons Singh said that CID was presently helping the police in solving the crime adding it was providing relevant information in this regard.
“The works of the CID and the district police officials have been distributed and all are working round the clock in the case,” Singh said. He said that a few suspected persons have been taken into custody for interrogation but did not provide further details.
It may be noted here that rice trader Narendra Singh Hora was shot dead by bike-borne criminals last Friday. The criminals also looted his money during the assault. The incident led to protests and also criticism of the police performance in the state capital.
Police said that though prima facie the intention of the murder seems to be looting the trader’s money, police are investigating the case from various angles. “We are also not ruling out trade rivalries as a possible cause,” the Ranchi SSP Anis Gupta said.
The SSP said that district was getting around 300 police personnel which would be used for strengthening the town outposts of the state capital. It may be stated here that the DGP had on Saturday issued a series of instructions to SPs of all districts in order to improve law and order. Among them was the direction to strengthen the town outposts. There are around 30 town outposts in the Ranchi city out of which most are non-functional due to manpower shortage.