Dhanbad: Murder suspect Shankar De (40) alias Pinku De was shot in the leg at Maniadih village of Tundi block on Tuesday late night while being taken to recover the weapon that he allegedly used to kill his former associate Ram Pratap Prasad (50) in Aug, police said.On August 19, Ram Pratap’s wife lodged a missing person complaint at Gondudih outpost after he remained missing for two days. She had also expressed suspicion about Shankar. An unidentified body was recovered from Maniadih was identified as that of Ram Pratap. Probe established Shankar’s alleged involvement, police added.SP (Rural) Mohammad S Yakub said, “Shankar was arrested in Maithon on Oct 13. He confessed during interrogation that he had killed Ram. He was taken to Maniadih to recover the weapon, when he snatched a pistol from a sub-inspector, opened fire at the police team and tried to flee. Police retaliated, shooting him in the leg.”The murder was allegedly linked to a June robbery in the Gondudih outpost area. Ram and Shankar jointly committed the robbery but later fell out over distribution of the stolen money, the SP added.Police are probing Shankar’s possible role in other criminal cases, police said.
