Contract killers held before murdering businessman

The West Bengal CID today arrested three persons from the industrial town of Durgapur in West Burdwan district when they assembled to murder a businessman there, a senior officer said here.

Acting on a tip-off, CID sleuths picked up "most wanted contract killers" Rabi Chowrasia, Ajit Singh and Jitendra Kumar during a raid at Durgapur's Uttarpally.

Two pipe guns, one pistol, seven rounds of 8mm cartridge, two rounds of 7.65 cartridge and 280 gm of heroin were seized from their possession, the officer said.

"Rabi Chowrasia brought the two others to kidnap and murder one businessman of Durgapur after he was hired by a criminal in Jamshedpur who is now absconding," he said.

Preliminary interrogation revealed that the trio had planned to flee to Balasore in Odisha after the crime.

"They had also planned to murder another person in Kharagpur. Their interrogation is still on," he said.