Gangster shot dead in Bihar court
Tuesday - August 28, 2018 5:26 pm ,
Category : INDIA
Gangster shot dead in Bihar court
Patna Aug 28 (IANS) Jailed gangster Santosh Jha sentenced to life imprisonment for killing two engineers was shot dead on Tuesday in the premises of a court in Bihars Sitamarhi district police said.
Jha was a terror in north Bihar despite being jailed. His gang was blamed for murder extortion and kidnapping.
Police officials said Jha was being taken to the Sitamarhi court building when two motorcycle-borne men fired at him. He took a bullet in his chest and another in the stomach.
Jha lodged in Sitamarhi Jail was a Maoist-turned-gangster. He was wanted in over 40 criminal cases and was arrested in Kolkata in 2014.
He was a resident of Sheohar district raised a private army Parshuram Sena and targeted road contractors in Bihar and businessmen in Nepal.
--IANS ik/mr
Jha was a terror in north Bihar despite being jailed. His gang was blamed for murder extortion and kidnapping.
Police officials said Jha was being taken to the Sitamarhi court building when two motorcycle-borne men fired at him. He took a bullet in his chest and another in the stomach.
Jha lodged in Sitamarhi Jail was a Maoist-turned-gangster. He was wanted in over 40 criminal cases and was arrested in Kolkata in 2014.
He was a resident of Sheohar district raised a private army Parshuram Sena and targeted road contractors in Bihar and businessmen in Nepal.
--IANS ik/mr
