Ranchi, Dec 2 || Tension gripped the Sithio Basti area under Dhurwa police station in Ranchi on Tuesday after local residents erupted in anger over the murder of a 22-year-old youth identified as Arshad Ansari.
Accusing the police of negligence, the victim’s family and hundreds of residents staged a protest for several hours outside the Dhurwa police station. They were demanding immediate arrests of the culprits.
Protesters alleged that despite repeated complaints about rising criminal activity and the growing influence of land mafia in Sithio Basti, the police failed to take preventive action.
“There is no regular patrolling here. We kept informing the police, but nothing changed,” a local resident said.
Arshad was shot dead late Monday evening when two motorcycle-borne assailants fired at him from close range, hitting him in the head. He was rushed to a nearby hospital by family members and neighbours, but doctors declared him dead on arrival.