Ranchi, 04 August (HS). Ranchi police has achieved a big success in the Advocate Gopal Krishna murder case. Police has arrested the main accused of the murder. Roshan Munda has been arrested from Angada. However, his associate Sandeep Kalindi managed to escape while firing.
SSP Chandan Kumar Sinha said on Sunday that the murderer of Civil Court advocate Gopi Krishna was identified on Friday itself. After identification, the SIT team was engaged in searching for him. Meanwhile, late on Saturday night, it was reported that Roshan Kumar, a criminal involved in the murder of the lawyer, is hiding in Maheshpur of Angada police station area of Ranchi. As soon as the information was confirmed, the police surrounded the house of Bagan Toli located near Maheshpur of Angada police station area.
The criminal was asked to surrender by the police team but he started firing at the police. After the criminal started firing, the police started retaliatory action. Several rounds were fired by the police as well. Meanwhile, one of the police bullets hit the criminal. Despite being shot, the criminal tried to escape from the spot, but the police team caught him. A pistol has also been recovered from the criminal injured in the encounter. The police team is conducting raids in search of his other accomplice.
The name of the criminal injured in the encounter with the police is Roshan Kumar. He is a resident of Sukhdev Nagar police station area of Ranchi. At present, he is being treated in the hospital under police supervision. On Friday, Roshan along with his other companions stabbed advocate Gopal Krishna to death. When the condition of the injured criminal stabilizes, he will be questioned about the murder of Gopi Krishna.