Suspect injured in shootout in custom officer murder case
ARA, Nov. 7 -- Pawan Yadav, the prime suspect in the murder of former Customs officer Ramkumar Singh, was injured in an encounter with the police in Bhojpur district on Friday morning, officials said.
The encounter took place in Sarangpur village, which falls under the jurisdiction of the Ara Muffasil police station. According to police, an exchange of fire occurred between the police and the suspect in the Kanakpuri area, located under the Ara Nawada police station.
During the exchange, Yadav sustained a bullet injury to his right leg, below the knee. He is currently receiving medical attention under police supervision. Yadav was wanted for his alleged involvement in the killing of Ramkumar Singh.
The injured shooter was taken into police custody and admitted to Ara Sadar Hospital for treatment. He is a resident of Chandwa Housing, located within the Ara Nawada police station area. Meanwhile, Superintendent of Police (SP) Awadhesh Dixit visited the encounter site and gave several directions to police personnel and also directed to call for FSL team. He stated that an encounter occurred on Friday morning between the police and Pawan Yadav, the primary shooter in the Ramkumar Singh murder case near Sarangpur village on the Ara-Salempur road.
In this, Pawan Kumar, who was injured in the encounter, has been arrested from the city police station area. The pistol used by him in the incident was also recovered, along with a bike used in the incident from the boring of Ravi Shankar Singh Pal Singh, a resident of Dumra village.
After the arrest of Pawan Kumar last night, 10 cartridges of 7.65 mm, four magazines and all the three pistols and Apache bike used in the murder of Ramkumar Singh were recovered.
On the basis of confession of Pawan, four others arrested who were Ravi Shankar Singh alias Hala Singh, resident of Dumra village in the Mufussil police station area, Aman Kumar, son of Sujit Kumar, resident of Girja crossingin the Ara Nawada police station area, Aniket Kumar, son of Subodh Kumar of the same locality, and Priyanshu alias Mani, resident of Pakdi in the same police station area.
Pawan Yadav had disclosed that, after committing the crime, he had hidden weapons in Sarangpur village. When the police arrived at the location based on his information, he opened fire on them.
In response, the police fired back after issuing a warning resulting in Yadav being shot in his right leg. The SP said that Pawan Yadav was one of the three primary shooters who arrived on a motorcycle to carry out the murder of Ramkumar Singh....
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