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Jharkhand: Extortionist Aman Singh shot dead in Dhanbad jail

SUBHASH MİSHRA Dhanbad, Dec 3: Dreaded criminal and sharpshooter Aman Singh, one of the accused in the Dhanbad deputy mayor murder case,…

Jharkhand: Extortionist Aman Singh shot dead in Dhanbad jail

File photo of Aman Singh

SUBHASH MİSHRA

Dhanbad, Dec 3: Dreaded criminal and sharpshooter Aman Singh, one of the accused in the Dhanbad deputy mayor murder case, was shot dead in Dhanbad jail today in the afternoon.

An official said that clashes occurred during lunchtime among inmates in the jail in which someone fired on Aman Singh. He received two bullets in the head. He was admitted to Shahid Nirmal Mahto Medical College Hospital (SNMMCH) where doctors declared  him brought dead.

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Getting information, Deputy Commissioner (DC) Barun Ranjan, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Sanjiv Kumar along with other senior officials reached the jail and began an investigation into the incident.

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Coincidently, the court of first class judicial magistrate Shivam Chourasia had on Saturday  ( December 2) issued a releasing order for Aman Singh after police failed to produce facts of his involvement in a murder case.

Uttar Pradesh STF had arrested  Aman Singh near Mirzapur Jail ( Uttar Pradesh) in May 2021.

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He was one of the accused in the Dhanbad deputy mayor Neeraj Singh murder case (March 21, 2017) besides extortion demands from traders of the Dhanbad and Bokaro districts.

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Firing in jail looks surprising as 10 days ago the DC, SSP and other senior officials had made a sudden inspection of the Dhanbad jai and did not find any arms in it.

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