Jammu Police claimed to have arrested accused wanted in 2015 Shootout Case.
Senior Superintendent of Police, Jammu Chandan Kohli, said that police has identified, traced and arrested prime accused of 2015 Hazaribagh court shootout incident in which an under trial gangster Sushil Shrivastav and his two members were killed.
The accused was hired by members of a rival gang for his sharp shooting skills and was paid hefty amount to carry out this attack alongwith one more sharp shooter, said the top cop.
He said that the accused who has now been identified and arrested by Jammu police had attained voluntarily retirement from army after carrying out shootout in the court premises.
Mr Kohli said that a specific information was received by Jammu police a few days back after which a team headed by SHO RS Pura Jai Pal Sharma and SDPO RS Pura Shabir Khan under the supervision of ASP Jammu Ramnish Gupta launched an operation in RS Pura area of Jammu whereby a man identified as Avtar Singh of Udhampur was intercepted for his suspicious identity and a suspicious bullet injury on foot.
“During questioning, he initially shared no valuable information but on sustained questioning, accused started to spill beans and confessed that he was involved in Hazaribagh court shootout case where he had received bullet injury but managed hide his identity even during police investigation,” said the officer.
During questioning, accused said that in 2015, he was serving in army when some people approached him and offered a hefty amount to eliminate Sushil Srivastava after which they hatched a conspiracy and well planned incident of shootout was carried in Hazaribagh court complex with an AK assault rifle in which three men were eliminated.
He said to have escaped court complex after shootout but received a bullet in foot in retaliation by police but he succeeded to keep his identity hidden from everyone and was away from police investigation.
