The Garhwa Police on Thursday arrested contract killer Shamim Rangsaj, alias Raju, from village Ranka, after a tip-off. According to Garhwa SDPO Heera lal Ravi, he was wanted for an attempt to murder and six other cases of loot and kidnapping.
A loaded country-made pistol and one live cartridge were recovered. During interrogation, Raju confessed to have fired on one Arun Kumar Dubey who was allegedly extracting levy with the help of gangster Vikas Dubey.
Raju joined the Chhotu Rangsaj gang in 2003. In 2009, he formed his own gang, which took a Rs1-lakh contract to kill Ramji Mahto, advocate clerk at Civil Court.
He already had a quarter of the amount in advance but did not succeed. According to the SDPO, Raju disclosed that he had looted Rs6.79 lakh near Farthiya More and attempted to kidnap one Binod Soni, among other crimes. Search for his four associates is on.