Police cracks firing incident on Patna ASP case

The police today cracked the case of firing incident in which Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) and his body guard were injured a fortnight ago in the state capital.
A Special Investigation Team (SIT) today arrested two persons in this connection, one of them (accused persons) is the son of a policeman.
ASP Rakesh Kumar and his bodyguard Suresh Yadav were injured when two motorcycle-borne miscreants shot at the policemen while they were on patrol on October 9 (2015) in Chhajubagh area under Kotwali police station of the town.
The ASP and his bodyguard, who were treated at Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH), are out of danger.

Briefing mediapersons, Director General of Police (DGP) P K Thakur told reporters here that the two arrested persons have been identified as Amit Kumar and Rohit Kumar. Amit Kumar is the son of ASI Kamakhya Singh who is posted in Patna.
On the basis of confessional statement made by the two accused persons, police seized a motorcyle, a pistol and three cartridges which were used in the incident. The mobile phones of the accused persons have also been seized, he said.

An SIT comprising staff from district police, STF was constituted under Patna SSP to probe the case, he said.

Both accused persons have no criminal antecedents, Thakur said and added that the duo told the SIT during the interrogation that they had an altercation with some other youths for show of supremacy on the day of incident.
The two- Amit and Rohit- were returning to their home when the police chased them after which they opened fire considering the police as opponents, he said.
While talking about another incident of firing on ASP of Rohtas district in which he was injured few days back, DGP said that police are investigating the matter.
The police have not so far got any credible evidence to suggest that it was a criminal act, rather it seemed more of an accidental case, Thakur said.

Notably, even the Prime Minister Narendra Modi had mentioned the incident of firing on ASP of Patna in one of his rallies in Bihar to drive home his point that the law and order situation was very bad in Bihar.