Hazaribag: Two bike-borne assailants allegedly opened fire outside a hotel in the Station Road area in Barhi block of Hazaribag district on Friday evening, leaving behind a threatening pamphlet, police said. No casualties were reported.According to preliminary information, the incident occurred around 8pm. The men arrived on a blue-coloured motorcycle and allegedly fired around five rounds in the air. Two bullets struck the fourth-floor glass facade of the hotel, shattering windowpanes, before the men fled towards Old GT Road.Police said the pamphlet purportedly bore the name of the Rahul Dubey gang. A police team led by Barhi SDPO Radha Prem Kishore reached the area, inspected the scene, collected evidence and seized the pamphlet. Kishore said police were investigating the case from “all possible angles”. He said the pamphlet had been seized and its authenticity was being verified.Police are examining CCTV footage from the hotel and nearby areas. Raids are also underway to arrest those involved. Hotel operator Virendra Rajak reportedly told police that he had received a threat through social media about 10 days earlier.The firing has alarmed local business owners, coming days after a similar shooting outside another hotel in Hazaribag’s Matwari area. Police have registered a case and intensified patrolling in Barhi.
