Garhwa police have arrested 3 criminals in connection with shooting at a flower trader on January 18, 2020. According to Garhwa SP Ashwani Kumar Sinha, arrested accused have been identified as Sony Soni (25), Akash Kumar, 18 and a minor boy all native of Garhwa town. While 3 others accused are absconding. One country made pistol, 3 live cartridges, 2 mobile and a scooty recovered from them.
“A police team worked for several days probing into different angles police arrested three criminals out of six in the connection," said. Sonu used to flirt with Mantu's girl and about 45 days ago Mantu had slapped Sonu. In the retaliation of this, Sonu attacked on Mantu with his associates.
Dhiraj Kumar alias Mantu Malakar, the victim was returning home after closing his shop from main road when the armed men shot at him near Danro River on Friday late night. Police launched manhunt to arrest others accused, SP said.
