Jamshedpur: Firing incident accused claims innocence

Mail News Service

Jamshedpur, May 19: In the ongoing investigation of the firing incident involving teenager Duldul Pradhan, several arrests have been made under the MGM police station in Mango. Neeraj Bhagina, Rohit Gupta, Sajan Mishra, Aman Singh, and others have been apprehended in connection with the case. All the accused individuals are believed to be associated with the Amarnath gang. However, one of the accused, Rohit Gupta, has taken to social media to proclaim his innocence, asserting that he has been falsely implicated in the case. The emergence of a video statement by Rohit Gupta, in which he proclaims his innocence and claims that the actual shooter is Santosh Yadav, adds a new twist to the ongoing investigation. Gupta expresses his willingness to assist the police in their efforts to uncover the truth surrounding the incident.

The incident unfolded on Thursday night around 11 p.m. when three individuals were taken hostage near Baliguma while transporting cattle from Buxar in Bihar to Kolkata. The hostage-takers parked their cattle-laden vehicle by the roadside near Mukhiyadanga and proceeded to demand a ransom of two lakh rupees from the captives. Local residents, upon noticing the parked vehicle and suspecting it to be involved in cattle smuggling, quickly gathered and surrounded the hostage-takers. In response to the growing commotion, the miscreants opened fire, resulting in a bullet grazing the finger of the teenage hostage. Law enforcement authorities have since detained one suspect in connection with the incident and two firearms have been recovered from the scene. The police are actively investigating the matter to gather further evidence and ascertain the full sequence of events.