In the press conference held at Kudu police station on Saturday, November 5, the police station in-charge Avinav Kumar informed about the shooting incident in Tati Chowk of Kudu. He told that on the morning of Friday, November 4, three criminals who had come to loot money from Amar Paswan, a resident of Tati, a bank friend of PNB, shot him. Out of which one of the accused was caught by the villagers showing readiness, while two were caught by the police for driving near Kudu Bazar Tand Jhakra. During this, the criminals also fired on the police team, after which the police fired in retaliation and both the criminals were nabbed.
Among the arrested accused are Prakash Yadav, 23 father Balchand Yadav, resident of Salgi Navatoli under Salgi Panchayat of Kudu police station area, Manish Yadav, 26 father Bhushan Yadav, resident of Karandag village under Herhanj police station in Latehar district and Vikash Ganjhu alias Kabila Ganjhu, resident of village Honjar under Herhanj police station in Latehar district. 29 Father himself Lala Ganjhu included. Manish and Vikas are vicious criminals and had reached Kudu to carry out the crime on the call of Prakash Yadav, resident of Salgi. Vikas Yadav has gone to jail in the past, while Prakash Yadav has been booked for kidnapping, while Vikas Ganjhu has come to know about his involvement in Naxalite activities, his investigation is going on.
On whom a case has been registered and sent to Lohardaga Jail. Along with this, two pistols, 3 magazines, 4 live cartridges and a blue colorless TVS Apache motorcycle used by the criminals in carrying out the crime and Rs 16,000 looted from the bank friend have also been recovered.