In a shooting incident a member a Patratu-based coal mafia, Kishore Pandey (38) was shot dead along with one of his friends, Bablu Singh, by unknown assailants near Kadma market under the Kadma police station area.
Pandey's friend was identified as Bablu Singh (37) who was also a resident of Patratu. The injured who was the body-guard of Pandey was identified as Suman Singh ( 32).
Suman Singh escaped with a bullet injury on his right leg. Police brought all the three victims to the Tata Main Hospital's emergency where Kishore Pandey and Bablu Singh were declared as brought dead. Suman is said to be out of danger.
Both Suman and Bablu were carrying pistols, but they could not open fire at the assailants who had come on a bike.
Senior superintendent of police, Amol V Homkar said that Kishore Pandey had come to his local residence at Vijaya Heritage in Kadma, where his wife and two children resides. He said in the evening Pandey had come to buy meat along with his friend and body-guard as some unknown bike-borne criminals launched a gun-shot attack near the meat stall.
Homkar said Kishore Pandey was wanted in more than 50 criminal cases registered with the Patratu, Ramgarh and Khelari police stations. Homkar said in all eight rounds of shots were fired by the assailants who were on bikes.