ARMS SUPPLIER KILLED IN POLICE ENCOUNTER

ARMS SUPPLIER KILLED IN POLICE ENCOUNTER

8-JULY-ENG 35

RAJIV NAYAN AGRAWAL

ARA-------------------------------Police is taking rapid action in the murder case of big businessman of Patna, Gopal Khemka. On one hand, raid was conducted in Udaygiri Apartment of Patna late on Monday night, on the other hand, an encounter took place between police and criminals in Malsalami area.

Police is continuously taking action on the information given by shooter Umesh Yadav who killed Gopal Khemka. Criminal Vikas alias Raja was killed in an encounter between police and criminals on Tuesday morning. It is being told that Vikas was an arms supplier. Umesh Yadav had killed Gopal Khemka by buying arms from him.

When the police arrested the arrested shooter Umesh Yadav, he gave some information to the police. After which a team of STF and police reached Udaygiri Apartment located at Buddha Marg in Patna. The police raided a flat located on the sixth floor here and picked up three people from there. After the arrest, it was revealed that after carrying out the crime, the shooter Umesh Yadav hid in Udaygiri Apartment located in front of Patna Museum. The flat in this Udaygiri Apartment where he was hiding belongs to Ashok Kumar Gupta. The police is also interrogating the 70-year-old man. On Monday, a joint team of STF and Patna Police raided Udaygiri Apartment located in front of Patna Museum, from where two more suspects were arrested. This is the same apartment where the shooter took refuge immediately after the incident. This flat belongs to Ashok Kumar Gupta. The shocking thing is that many big businessmen, high officials and VIPs of Patna live in the apartment where the shooter took refuge.

The police have found many important clues during the interrogation of Umesh. Based on this input, a joint team of STF and Patna Police raided flat number 601 of Udaygiri Apartment located in Kotwali police station area late in the evening. The role of the criminal taken into custody from there is being investigated. During interrogation, it has been revealed that a total contract of Rs 10 lakh was given to another criminal, who contacted shooter Umesh Yadav and entrusted him with the task of murder for Rs 1 lakh as advance to carry out the crime. The layers of this big gang are now slowly getting exposed. At present, the police have taken three people into custody and started questioning them. At the same time, the police is conducting raids in search of other accused.