CURATED BY – SUNIL YADAV | CITYCHIEFNEWS

Katni, In Katni, Kotwali police station area, police have arrested four youths in the firing incident outside Katni railway station. One of the four accused is a minor. Two accused in this case are said to be absconding. In search of the absconding accused, the police team is raiding their possible hideouts.

Kotwali police station in-charge Ashish Kumar Sharma said that three youths riding a bike had fired at a youth from a pistol outside Katni railway station, the bullet from the pistol hit the back of Arun, son of Rajendra Prasad Dubey, a resident of Bhadohi district of Uttar Pradesh, who was passing by. Police admitted him to the district hospital in critical condition, from where he was referred to Jabalpur Medical College. In this case, the police registered a case of attempt to murder and started searching for the accused. During investigation, police came to know that two youths including a minor, Ritesh Dahiya and Vishnu Thakur had fired from a country made pistol at Om Goswami, resident of Ballatghat due to old enmity, but instead of hitting him, the bullet hit a passenger passing by. Police said that the accused had planned to kill Om Goswami, in which the accused had also told their companions that if the bullet does not hit him, then stab him. Police has arrested three accused including a minor in this case. The arrested accused are Ritesh Dahiya, Vishnu Thakur and Aryan Nishad, residents of Khirhani Phatak. Criminal cases have already been registered against the minor accused in the police station. Police said that two accused Akash Vishwakarma and Monu Thakur are absconding in this case, who are being searched by the police team. Police has seized two country made pistols, one live cartridge, one buttoned knife and the bike used in the crime from the accused. Police said that the accused had shot Om Goswami when he did not withdraw the report of stabbing, but instead the bullet hit a passenger. After the arrest, the police team brought the accused to the crime scene. From there, the police took the accused on foot through the city streets. While walking, the accused were shouting slogans of 'hooliganism is a sin'. Kotwali police station in-charge Ashish Kumar Sharma, Khirhani outpost in-charge SI Kuldeep Singh, Arunpal Singh, Mahendra Jaiswal, ASI Vijay Shankar Giri, Prahlad Paikra, head constable Virendra Singh, Anil Sengar, Pushpraj Singh, Mansoor Hussain, Mohan Mandloi, Dinesh Chand, Mayank Singh, Vikas Rai, Madhavnagar police station constable Amit Singh and Upendra Singh played a role in catching the accused. The entire action was taken under the direction of Superintendent of Police Abhijeet Kumar Ranjan, guidance of Additional Superintendent of Police Dr. Santosh Dehariya and City Superintendent of Police Mrs. Khyati Mishra.