Early morning gun shots rattled peace and tranquility of the city after assailants killed a 42-year-old liquor mafia boss, Kallu Ghosh after pumping four bullets into him at his residence in Dhatikidh Medical Colony under Bistupur police station area at about 7 am on Wednesday.
The victim, who used to run business of illict liquor in the city, was rushed to Tata Main Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries atabout 1 pm.
According to information, Kallu was shot four bullets by four bike-borne assailants while the victim was doing yoga under a tree in front of his house at the Medical Colony this morning. The main assailant, who was the victim's cousin brother- Holua Mukhi- and three others, fled the spot immediately after attacking him.
Soon after the incident the victim was rushed to Tata Main Hospital's emergency. The doctors on emergency duty immediately shifted him to the critical care unit where he was operated.
Three of the bullets had been taken out, but one of them remained stuck inside the lower abdomen of the victim. The doctors could not save him.
Officer-in-charge, Bistupur thana, Anuj Kumar rushed to the spot and subsequently to the TMH's CCU for taking the statement of the injured. But as his condition was extremely critical, he could not give any statement as such.
"We are investigating this incident. The murder took place due to a dispute between Kallu and his cousin brothers. Maybe the dispute was related to the illicit liquor business both families were engaged in. The suspects have absconded, but are conducting raids to arrest the assailants,"
said Kumar.
The murder victim's wife Julie said that she was with her husband 10 minutes before he was attacked. " We are in state of shock. My husband was unable to move due to a fractured leg after he met a road mishap at Dhatkidih a month ago. But still used to engage in yoga activities in the morning ," said Julie, who is mother two children.
But Kallu's elder brother Munna Ghosh said the murder was conspired by Holua Mukhi (32), who stayed five quarters away from his house in the same locality, and three others including Sabbe and Nausad were involved in the crime.
" They were some disputes with Holua, who is my cousin brother, over something. I am confident the murder has been conspired by Holua and executed by his associates, two of them known as Sabbe and Naushad," said Munna.
The officer-in-charge said that the assailants have used a pistol of 7.65 bore and they have collected four empty cartridges from the spot, suggesting that the victim was shot as many bullets from close range.
The police have recovered the body and sent it to the MGM Medical College mortuary for post-mortem.