Jharkhand: 35-year-old man chased on motorcycle, shot dead in Jamshedpur

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A 35-year-old man was shot dead in Jharkhand's Jamshedpur, police said on Monday, PTI reported.

The incident took place on Sunday night on Gurudwara road in the Mango police station area, they said.

As per PTI, the victim, Santosh Singh was near his residence when shots were fired at him by armed men who came to the spot on a motorcycle. He managed to run and entered a house nearby but the gunmen chased him on the motorcycle and shot him, police said.

Singh sustained three gunshot wounds and was taken to MGM Hospital where doctors declared that he was brought dead.

Superintendent of Police (City) Kumar Shibashish along with DSP Bhola Prasad visited the spot in the night, PTI reported.

Prasad said that the CCTV footage of the area was being examined to identify the perpetrators.

He claimed that old enmity is suspected to be the reason for the murder, and an investigation is underway to ascertain it.

Singh and his brother had been in jail in a murder case, the officer said, PTI cited.

Thane: Man acquitted in attempt to murder case after six years

A Thane court has acquitted a 48-year-old film art director in a 2018 case of attempted murder, citing discrepancies in the evidence presented by the prosecution, reported news agency PTI.

Sessions judge Amit M Shete passed the ruling on January 9, acquitting Sushant Niranjan Panda.

Panda was accused of attacking Arvind Ramratan Singh, the complainant, with a steel cutter on July 1, 2018, causing him injuries in the neck which required hospitalisation, reported PTI.

As per the First Information Report registered by Mira Road Police in the district, Singh and Panda had a late-night altercation over the strained relationship between Panda and Singh's daughter, reported PTI.

The complainant's daughter had been in a live-in relationship with the accused, the FIR said.

During the trial, the Thane court noted contradictions in witness testimonies, particularly that of the complainant's daughter whose account suggested that the altercation took place in the residential society's common area and not inside Singh's flat, reported PTI.

The Thane court also criticized the prosecution for not examining crucial witnesses such as the society's watchman and the complainant's brother.

The prosecution failed to establish the accused's guilt beyond reasonable doubt, the court held.

(With inputs from PTI)