Key suspect in industrialist Gopal Khemka's murder killed in gunfight with police in Patna
Patna (PTI): A key suspect in the murder of industrialist Gopal Khemka was killed in a gunfight with the police in Patna's Damaria Ghat area in the early hours of Tuesday, officials said.
Vikas alias Raja (29), the suspect, was wanted in several other criminal cases as well, they said.
Acting on a tip-off, the team of officers probing the murder case reached Damaria Ghat around 2.25 am in search of Vikas, an official said.
"On spotting the police personnel, he tried to escape and also opened fire. The officers retaliated, and he was killed," the police official said.
No police personnel sustained any injury, he added.
A pistol, a spent and a live cartridge were recovered from the spot, the official said.
"It is suspected that Vikas, a resident of Malslami locality of the city, provided the weapon that was used in the murder of Khemka," he said.
Police have already arrested the gunman, identified as Umesh Rai, and detained another person who is suspected of hiring the contract killer.
"The contract killer was arrested in Patna. The investigation is in progress. We will share more details in due course," said the official.
Khemka was shot dead outside his residence in the city's Gandhi Maidan locality on Friday morning. Seven years ago, his son was killed in Hajipur.
The ruling JD(U) hailed the police and stated that with Nitish Kumar as the chief minister, no criminal will be spared.
"Bihar Police have made a major breakthrough and almost cracked the case. The contract killer has been arrested, and another accused was killed in a police encounter. Police have done a commendable job," JD(U)'s national spokesperson Rajeev Ranjan Prasad said.
"I must tell the opposition that in the rule of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, those found indulging in criminal activities will not be spared at any cost. The CM monitors every incident," he added.
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Man arrested with Rs 2.54-crore heroin in Mumbai
Mumbai (PTI): Police have arrested a man and seized over 500 grams of heroin worth Rs 2.54 crore in the illicit market from him in Mumbai, officials said on Friday.
The police's Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) made the drug seizure in Santacruz in the western suburbs. The operation was conducted by the Kandivali unit of the ANC on Thursday as part of a special crackdown against drug trafficking in the area, they said.
Acting on specific inputs, an ANC team conducted a raid in Santacruz (East) and intercepted a man. During a search, the team recovered 508 grams of high-grade heroin from his possession, an official said.
The seized contraband, a highly addictive, opioid drug derived from morphine, is estimated to be worth Rs 2.54 crore in the international market, he informed.
Following the seizure, a case was registered against the man under relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985, and he was formally placed under arrest in the early hours of Friday.
The police are currently investigating the source of the drug and trying to identify the intended recipients of the consignment, he said.
