Ranchi: A 35-year-old man died after being shot in the head from close range in Ranchi’s Kokar locality late on Friday. The deceased was identified as Tanveer Alam, a resident of Gadhatoli in Kokar. Police on Saturday said Tanveer’s friend Mohammad Shahrukh (29) was arrested in the case. A pistol and a mobile phone was seized from the accused.Tanveer and Shahrukh were neighbours and had criminal antecedents. Around 11 pm, the duo was sitting in an open area outside their homes when Shahrukh fired at Tanveer from close range, killing him on the spot.Sadar deputy SP Sanjeev Besra said Shahrukh was taken into custody from the locality after the incident. “Shahrukh has said that he killed Tanveer as the latter had plotted to send him to jail in an extortion case in 2018.”In another incident, masked criminals opened fire at a petrol pump in the Jiyrappa area of Khunti district on the Ranchi-Khunti road on Friday night. An employee, Amit Kumar (23), sustained a bullet injury to his leg. The miscreants left behind a pamphlet in the name of People’s Liberation Front of India (PLFI) at the spot. “A case against unidentified criminals have been registered under relevant sections of BNS, Arms Act and the Criminal Law Amendment Act,“ a police officer said.
