RANCHI: Jharkhand Police have arrested a suspected member of an interstate criminal gang accused of indiscriminate firing on a police patrol party in Ranchi’s Khalari police station area, officials said on Tuesday.
A police constable was seriously injured in the firing incident, which took place late on Sunday night.
The attack occurred around midnight on September 21 near the Bombay Hotel in Purni Rai locality.
According to officials, suspects riding a white Apache motorcycle without a number plate, along with others, opened fire on the police patrolling team. Head Constable Ramsharekh Sharma sustained a gunshot wound to his leg.
An FIR (No. 65/2025) was registered at Khalari police station.
Taking the matter seriously, Ranchi SSP Rakesh Ranjan formed a special team under the leadership of Rural SP.
Following intensive raids, the team apprehended Rahul Das (29), a resident of Baleri village under Hunterganj police station in Chatra district, from near Pahi forest on the Rai–Budhmu road.