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Daltonganj executive engineer, two contractors booked under arms act for firing at birthday party

THE JHARKHAND STORY WORK   Daltonganj, Dec 18: A criminal case under sections 341, 323, 325, 307, 504, 506 and 34 of…

Daltonganj executive engineer, two contractors booked under arms act for firing at birthday party

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Daltonganj, Dec 18: A criminal case under sections 341, 323, 325, 307, 504, 506 and 34 of the IPC along with section 27 of the Arms Act has been registered with the Barwadeeh police station in Latehar district against the executive engineer of PWD building division Daltonganj Mahender Ram and two well-known contractors, Randheer Pathak and Avinash Jaiswal.

The criminal case was lodged by Ramesh Kumar, also a contractor in the Daltonganj division of the PWD on December 17 with the Barwadeeh police station.

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Sub-inspector of police Barwadeeh police station Ravi Kumar is the investigating officer of this case.

The case in brief is that there was a party thrown at Kechki by a junior engineer of the PWD building division Daltonganj Sajid Akhtar on the occasion of the birthday of his son.

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There in the party, a brawl broke out among the contractors. It is alleged shots were fired too.

The executive engineer PWD building division Daltonganj Mahender Ram, and contractors Randheer Pathak and Avinash Jaiswal were at the party too.

The complainant contractor Ramesh Kumar has alleged in his FIR dated December 17 that three gun shots were fired aiming at him and his son Manish but they remained unhurt.

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The officer-in-charge of the Barwadeeh police station Srinivas Singh said, “the FIR of this kind of allegations has been registered. Police are investigating the case quite transparently and professionally.”

On whether gunshots were fired or if fired then was it with any fatal aim to which the police officer just said “Matter is under investigation.”

Ramesh Kumar has dues worth Rs 1.6 crore: Executive engineer

On the other hand, the executive engineer PWD building division Daltonganj Mahender Ram has denied knowing anything except saying that “I had hardly finished eating a piece of Papad when I heard noises and commotion and then I decided to leave the party.”

The executive engineer further said, “Ramesh Kumar and his son created scenes before my vehicle near the check post of the forest department. I got through with great difficulties.”

About the contractor Ramesh Kumar, Mahender Ram said, “Ramesh Kumar claims to have his dues worth more than Rs 1.6 crore. He wants me to clear his bills. I have told him that I can’t help him as these claims of him about money are not of his tenure. It is dated back to his predecessor. I will never clear the bills. I am going to write to the department.”

Sources said gunshots were fired but more to frighten and also to establish supremacy and not to cause any harm.

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