Ranchi: Police have arrested five members of a criminal gang allegedly involved in firing at the house of coal trader Sanjay Karmali in Kanke and at a hotel in Hazaribag on Thursday night.Police said one of the gang members was injured in an encounter in the Sithio area under Dhurwa police station limits.After the firing at Karmali’s house in Prem Nagar colony, a special police team arrested four members of the gang from different police station areas of Ranchi. During interrogation, the accused allegedly told police that one of their associates was expected to arrive at Sithio.When the police team reached the spot, the associate allegedly opened fire at them. Police said they retaliated in self-defence, causing leg injuries to him.In separate incidents reported from Ranchi city and its outskirts since Thursday night, milk supplier Ramu Oraon, 55, was shot dead at Tiko village in Mandar when he had gone to a dairy centre to deliver milk.Khalari deputy superintendent of police Ram Narayan Choudhary said a land dispute over five acres was the reason behind the murder.In another incident, Baneshwar Gorai, 30, a hotel staffer, was murdered under Pithoria police station limits while returning home from work. Police said the matter was under investigation.
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