Town police are making all out efforts to crack the murder case of Guddu Khan, who was shot at his house at Jail Hata on January 20 around 6.30 PM.

Police sources said the critically injured was rushed to the Palamu medical college hospital where he collapsed.

Civil surgeon Palamu Dr John F Kennedy said, “The man was twice shot at. He was shot on the right side and his one arm too was shot at. He was gasping and life was just going out of him when he was brought to the hospital where he collapsed finally.” Sources said there were entry wounds and exit holes too on the body of the deceased.

The deceased’s father Haji Mushtaque Ahmad Siddiquie said, “My deceased son  Guddu  had attended a burial of our one lady kin only a few hours ago on Monday afternoon and now he would be buried.”

He said, “I have recently come from a major heart surgery to my Jail Hata house and I asked my son to take me to the grave yard for the burial of a female kin little knowing I would be visiting the grave yard again for the burial of my son, which is slated on Tuesday Jan 21.” The father said his son was talking with some whom he must be acquainted of.

 “There were three men sitting with my son in our house. They asked him to come near the guava tree within the compound of my house and there my son was shot at who later died,” he added.

SDPO Sadar Sandip Kumar Gupta said police are working on a few angles behind this murder of Guddu Khan. Gupta said police have collected information that the deceased used to play role in sale purchase of land and landed property.

He said police have got access to some clues to the murder but he refused to divulge anything more saying this would affect the course of investigation.” Police have collected the blood samples and have video graphed the crime scene as well. Sources said police have recovered 4 empty cartridges from the scene of crime. Sources said the empty cartridges were of 9 mm.

Sources said SDPO Gupta and officer in charge of Town Thana AK Mishra and others spent hours at the crime scene on the intervening night of Mon /Tue Jan 20/21.

Sources said the two officers again visited the family this Tuesday afternoon taking inputs in this regard.

SP Incharge Palamu Ashwani K Sinha said, “The assailant or the assailants were known to the deceased as police were told the deceased were in conversation with them.”

Asked if this was a pre planned, pre meditated murder to which Sinha said “ This crime could be just a crime on the spur of the moment as one apprehends if the conversation goes too hot or challenging or egoistical then such ugly scene occurs and here too it cannot be ruled out.”

He further said, “This could be a pre mediated murder too. Police will unfold and crack the case.” Police have not given any time line but assures cracking of this case will be done.

Sources said this family has lost three sons to bullets namely Bobby, Pappu and now this Guddu in which Bobby and Guddu were killed within the ambit of their house.

Sources said Guddu was the former general of Muharram Inteezamia Committee and was a member of the Town thana peace committee member.