Ranchi police on Friday claimed to have solved the Narendra Singh Hora murder case with the arrest of nine persons from Doranda area of the city. Hora, a rice trader, was shot dead near the Roshpa tower on the Mahtma Gandhi Marg on October 5.
Ranchi SSP Anish Gupta informed on Friday that the criminals had fired at Hora when he resisted their attempt to loot money. They fled away with his scooter, which they abandoned some distance after taking out five lakhs cash from it. They distributed the cash among themselves later on.
Gupta added the arrests were made following a tip off that criminals have gathered at Manir Maidan in Doranda to commit crime. A police team was sent to the spot to carry out the raids.
Five of the criminals were nabbed by the police team while several others managed to escape from the spot. The remaining criminals were nabbed later on. Among the arrested person are Baban Khan, Chhotu Hussain, Mehendi Hassan, Rashid Ansari, Md Asif Alam, Sajjad Alam, Raja Adil, Birsa Kacchap and Shiv Rajak.
The SSP stated that two pistols each of 9 mm and 7.65 mm, cartridges of different types, a pulser bike, a scooter, Rs 19,000 and eight mobile phones have been recovered from them.Gupta stated that 12 persons were involved in the crime, adding that police was trying to arrest the remaining criminals.