Ranchi: A person was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly shooting and injuring his cousin Nabi Hussain under Mandar police station limits in order to take revenge of his elder brother’s murder, said police on Tuesday, adding the accused was apprehended within eight hours of the incident.The accused has been identified as Naushad Ansari of Cachkopi village and two country-made pistols, cartridges and a loaded magazine have been seized from him.Ranchi SP (rural) Praveen Pushskar on Tuesday said, “Police received information at around 8 pm on Monday that a man has been shot at and injured. Police reached the spot and rushed the injured persons to a private hospital. Based on information provided by the relative of the injured person, police raided several places and arrested him from under a bridge on the National highway 75.”During interrogation, Naushad claimed that Nabi and others had killed his brother on Dec 31, 2023 and a case in this regard was under trial in the court. He said that during his visit to the court on Monday he was asked to withdraw the case or else he would also be killed. Naushad said this prompted him to take revenge on Nabi.Police have registered a case under sections 118 (2), 109 and 3(5) of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita and section 27 of Arms Act in this connection and taking further action.
