Ranchi, May 16 (PTI) A 32-year-old man has been arrested in Kolkata in connection with the killing of a BJP leader in Jharkhand, with police claiming that he was the prime accused in the case.
Officials
on Saturday said the man was also an accused in the firing incident on a businessman in Ranchi on October 15 last year.
A special investigation team nabbed Abhishek Kumar Sinha on Friday and brought him to Ranchi on transit remand, a senior police official said.
Police had been searching for him for the killing of Anil Mahto, the BJP's Ranchi rural district general secretary, on March 26, and last year's firing on businessman Radheshyam Sahu, said Ranchi Rural Superintendent of Police (SP) Gaurav Goswami.
"We arrested the accused from Kolkata and brought him to Ranchi on Friday. During interrogation, Sinha told us that he had been contracted to kill the BJP leader for Rs 5 lakh. Apart from this, he had taken Rs 20 lakh to kill the businessman," he said.
Earlier, six accused were nabbed in connection with the killing of the BJP leader, while two shooters were also for firing on the businessman, the SP said.
The accused has a criminal history and has been to jail earlier. Five criminal cases, including three of murder, are pending against him in three districts, police said. PTI RPS RPS NSD
