Strict vigil has been maintained at industrial area of Adityapur after twin shooting incidents hit adjoining Seraikela-Kharsawan district on Saturday night. The police have swing into action for nabbing the culprits.
In one of the incident, a 40-year-old man, Shravan Mandal was shot by unidentified gunman at Dumra under Kandra police station area on Saturday, in another incident, 30-year-old youth Pradeep Bhagat was seriously injured by a gang of six assailants at Jagriti Maidan under RIT police station area the same night
A resident of Raidih Bustee in RIT police station area, Bhagat was passing through the Jagriti Maidan, when a gang of six assailants attacked him. But when he sensed that there was something wrong there, he started running toward his house, the six chased him and fired a shot, which hit Bhagat's right hand.
As Bhagat fell on the ground and some people from the neighbourhood came out of their houses close to Jagriti Maidan, the assailants fled the scene. The local residents had subsequently rushed the injured to Tata Main Hospital emergency for treatment.
Sources informed that Bhagat had come to RIT police station for lodging a complaint against Deepak Rajak and three others for allegedly assaulting his nephew Mukhi Bhagat in sequel to a clash over playing cricket at Jagriti Maidan.
Sources said Bhagat who used to carry out a business of land sale and purchase in Adityapur was in the police station for over an hour and after lodging the complaint he was returning home from the police station, when he was attacked by those who had also assaulted the victim's nephew.
Another source revealed that the firing on Bhagat was not a result of the clash over cricket, but was result of a rivalry in land sale-purchase business between Pradeep Bhagat and Pappu Rajak.
Officer-in-charge, RIT police station, Amarjeet Prasad confirmed it to be an outcome of business rivalry. The 40-year-old man, Shravan Mandal was shot at and critically injured as he was returning home by riding a bike from a Gamharia-based company where he would work.
Officer-in-charge, Kandra police station, Mamta Kumari said that the victim has been admitted at the Tata Main Hospital but she was not in a condition to speak.