Three arrested for firing outside builder’s house in Patna

PATNA: Three youths were arrested for allegedly opening fire outside the house of a builder, Rakesh Kumar Singh, at Anandpuri under S K Puri police station area in state capital on September 16. Five empty cartridges were recovered from the spot in front of his residence.
City SP (central) Ambrish Rahul on Wednesday said the arrested youths have been identified as Prince Pandey (19), Raushan Kumar Pandey (19) and Atul Kumar Singh (18).
He said Prince was arrested from flat number 501 of Vaishnavi Plaza in S K Puri, Roushan from Motihari and Atul from West Boring Canal road area. Prince's father Manoj Pandey is a police constable posted in another district.
“All three are Class XII students. They wanted to make quick money by committing crime. Atul’s father owns a general store,” he said.
Rahul said the builder had a land dispute with one Amit Yadav, who had hatched the conspiracy to threaten Singh. “Amit had promised to pay Rs1.5 lakh to the trio for firing and abusing the builder. He had already paid Rs68,000 to Atul. It was Prince who had first come in touch with Amit,” the SP said.
He said Amit was accused in another firing case registered with Danapur police station earlier. But no evidence had surfaced against him in that case.
“The arrested trio even had recorded a video of their firing as evidence for Amit. The video and the cellphone used for recording the incident have been seized. The bikes of Roushan and Atul, used in the crime, have also been recovered,” the SP said. Rahul said raids are on to arrest Amit.