FIR against four in Jamshedpur gangster Amarnath Singh murder case

Dressed as ‘kanwariyas’, gunmen shoot dead gangster near temple in Deoghar

Jamshedpur, July 28: In connection with the murder of 40-year-old Amarnath Singh, a resident of Krishna Nagar, Mango Gaur Basti, Jamshedpur, in Deoghar, the police have filed an FIR against four people in Jarmundi police station.

In this case, the police has filed an FIR against Ganesh Singh, Raja Sharma, Deepak Kumar Chaudhary and Uttam Mahto, residents of Mango in Jamshedpur. Some other people have also been made accused in this.

Apart from the FIR filed regarding this matter, the brother of the deceased Amarnath Singh has alleged that Ganesh Singh along with his accomplices got his brother murdered. He has also taken many other names in this matter. Meanwhile, the Deoghar police have stopped four people who had gone on a yatra to Babadham in Deoghar along with Amarnath Singh at the police station for questioning.

Ashutosh Ojha, a resident of New Subhash Colony of Mango, has filed a case in this matter. There are a total of five witnesses in the Amarnath Singh murder case. The police have also seized the CCTV footage, which shows how the criminals carried out the incident.

It may be noted that  Amarnath Singh, a dreaded gangster, wanted in at least 30 criminal cases, was shot dead near a temple in Jharkhand’s Dumka district in the early hours of Friday by men who were dressed as ‘kanwariyas’.

Amarnath Singh, a resident of Jamshedpur, went to Basukinath temple in Dumka along with his family to offer obeisance in the holy month of ‘Shravan’ when the gunmen shot him from point blank range, they said.

The incident happened near Nandi Chowk around 12.45 am, said Dumka’s Superintendent of Police (SP) Amber Lakra.

Six empty cartridges were found at the spot, he said, adding that the post-mortem would reveal the exact number of bullets he received.

Around 30-40 criminal cases were pending against Singh, most of which were registered in Jamshedpur, the SP said.

They took advantage of the ongoing ‘Shravan Mela’ and executed their plan by dressing up like ‘kanwariyas’, Lakra said.

Millions of devotees, known as ‘kanwariyas’, undertake the ‘Kanwar Yatra’ every year during the month of ‘Shravan’ to fetch holy water from the Ganga and carry them on their shoulders for kilometres to offer it to Shiva temples. The ‘kanwariyas’ usually dress in saffron outfits.

“It seems the incident is an outcome of gang rivalry,” the SP said, maintaining that an investigation is underway.

Almost simultaneously, six members of Singh’s gang were arrested from East Singhbhum district following an encounter with police on National Highway 33 in Ghatsila police station area.

One of those arrested suffered injury in the leg, while some police personnel also sustained minor injuries in the gunfight, officials said.

East Singhbhum’s SSP Prabhat Kumar said “criminals” should mend their ways or face stringent action.