One person was killed and another injured in two separate firing incidents that took place in Hazaribagh on Monday. The shootings came as a big shock for the police and was seen as a serious law and order problem, by many.
In the first incident, Korra police found the dead body of Rajendra Kumar Mehta from Deepugarga locality of Hazaribagh. A bullet injury was spotted on his head suggesting that he was murdered on wee hours of Monday. Mehta, a resident of Kurha village of Ichak block, was living in a rented house at Deepugarha mohalla for the education of his three children including two sons and a daughter, who are studying in a town school. His relatives said he was a farmer and was living a simple life.
Police officials investigating the case said they had been informed about Mehta being a moneylender. “We are interrogating people close to him as well as his partner, a moneylender too,” police said. The dead body was handed over to his relatives after postmortem.
Injured tea seller Dharmendra Chourasia at Hazaribagh medical college and hospital on Monday. Vishvendu Jaipuriar
The second incident took place at 7:30 pm on Monday when two bike-riding men opened fire at a tea seller named Dharmendra Chourasia (39). The victim was sitting at his tea kiosk, when he was attacked. He has suffered bullet injuries in one of his hands. The incident took place in the Panchsheel Colony in Madsipiddi area situated on Ranchi-Patna Highway (NH-33).
Local people rushed to his help and sent Chourasia to Hazaribagh medical college and hospital. Sadar MLA Manish Jaiswal also reached hospital and made arrangements for an ambulance to send Chourasia to a Ranchi hospital for better treatment. The police team reached on the spot and have initiated a checking drive to nab the culprits. However, the officials chose to remain tightlipped over the two incidents.
Jaiswal expressed his anger and said it was a failure of law and order. “The two incidents in Hazaribagh town are enough to understand the poor law and order of the state,” he said targeting the JMM government. He urged officials to take both the incidents as challenges and crack it as soon as possible.
