Two men arrested for allegedly firing at four people inside Jamshedpur’s Bindal Mall on September 26 were injured in a police encounter early Wednesday near Phagu Baba crematorium ghat on Marine Drive in Jharkhand while being taken to recover weapons they had hidden, police said.
“The two shooters involved in the Sonari Bindal Mall firing were interrogated and their confession was also recorded in which they revealed the place where they had hidden the arms. “During the process, the duo snatched the weapons and fired three rounds at the police team and tried to flee. The bodyguard of the Sonari PS officer-in-charge (OC) retaliated by firing three rounds in which Mohan Yadav and Ajit Mondal were hit below their waist,” Meena added. “The Sonari Police Station OC, other police officers and personnel have shown immense courage, presence of mind and restraint in giving the criminals a befitting and effective reply. They will now be taken into remand after treatment and interrogated further to unearth the conspiracy, conspirators, finance, providers of weapons and their entire network.
The Jamshedpur police had announced a reward of ₹ 1 lakh each on the three suspects — Mohan Yadav, Ajit Mondal and Kundan Singh — in connection with the Bindal Mall firing case. Later, the Jamshedpur police had arrested four alleged conspirators — Rourkela resident Ramesh Kumar Sharma alias Titu Sharma, Sitaramdera resident Shankar Munda, Sidhgora-Baridih resident Dipu Ojha and Parsudih resident Manoj Sarkar alias Bhondu Sarkar — from Ambikapur-Raipur Toll Plaza in Chhattisgarh on September 28 while they were trying to flee from Jamshedpur after the shooting incident.
They were taken to the site on Marine Drive early this morning and two pistols were recovered,” Jamshedpur city superintendent of police (SP) Lalit Meena said Wednesday. Meena further said that both the suspects were injured when the police retaliated and were admitted to the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College Hospital (MGMMCH) for necessary treatment. It’s also a warning to others about how strongly police will deal with the criminal elements,” Meena said.
The two shooters, identified as Mohan Yadav and Ajit Mondal, were arrested from Delhi and brought back to Jamshedpur on Tuesday.
