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Jharkhand: Daylight shoot out at Amanchain Mohalla in Palamu

THE JHARKHAND STORY NETWORK   Daltonganj, January 25: There can’t be any more ironic than this when, in Amanchain (peaceful) Mohalla, a…

Jharkhand: Daylight shoot out at Amanchain Mohalla in Palamu

SP Reeshma Ramesan briefing pressmen regarding marijuana driven crime

THE JHARKHAND STORY NETWORK

 

Daltonganj, January 25: There can’t be any more ironic than this when, in Amanchain (peaceful) Mohalla, a daylight shootout occurs where a marijuana addict fires at another marijuana addict.

It happened on Wednesday in Japla, about 80 km away from Daltonganj, when a 26-year-old young man, Gautam Singh, was shot at in his house in daylight.

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Gautam Singh is said to be undergoing treatment in a higher centre in Ranchi after initial treatment here in Palamu.

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The three other marijuana addicts identified as Deepak, Rishu and Sanjay, part of the team that made a bid on the life of Gautam, have been remanded in judicial custody today.

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The bid on Gautam’s life was no freak shootout but a determined one as Gautam had a bullet shot in the chest and abdomen.

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Police recovered the illicit weapon too used in the crime. The father of the victim lodged the FIR.

SP Reeshma Ramesan said there was a tiff over marijuana, which resulted in a shootout.

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