Garhwa police arrested a member of Vikas Dubey gang wanted in firing on Shanni Chandravanshi from Garhwa town near Garhdevi temple, on Thursday.
According to Garhwa SP Sudhir Kumar Jha, acting on a tip-off, a police team reached near Garhdevi temple and arrested Manoj Thakur.
Thakur has confessed his involvement in firing on Shanni Chandravanshi. He disclosed that he had joined the Vikas Dubey gang in 2013 through an active member of the gang Shahshi Mishra.
Ajay Pandey, Satyendra Pal, Rajan, Shashi Mishra and three others were involved in the case. Shashi Mishra is a active member of Vikas Dubey gang he is involved in collecting of extortion money from the people after given call threat them, Thakur confessed.
SP said that in connection of firing incident the accused has been arrested and raids are on to arrest rest of the accused.