Patna: Bihar Police today claimed to have cracked journalist Rajdeo Ranjan's murder case by arresting five persons in Siwan district.
"The police arrested five persons in connection with the murder of journalist Rajdeo Ranjan and recovered a 7.65 bore country-made pistol and three motorcycles," Additional Director General of Police (ADG Headquarters) Sunil Kumar said in Patna.
The arrested were identified as Rohit Kumar, Vijay Kumar Gupta, Rajesh Kumar, Ishu Kumar and Sonu Kumar Gupta, the ADG said.
Search is on for some more persons involved in the crime, he added.
Rajdeo Ranjan, district bureau head of a leading vernacular newspaper, was shot dead by unidentified men when he was travelling on his motorcycle near fruit market on station road of Siwan on May 13 evening.
"The police arrested five persons in connection with the murder of journalist Rajdeo Ranjan and recovered a 7.65 bore country-made pistol and three motorcycles," Additional Director General of Police (ADG Headquarters) Sunil Kumar said in Patna.
The arrested were identified as Rohit Kumar, Vijay Kumar Gupta, Rajesh Kumar, Ishu Kumar and Sonu Kumar Gupta, the ADG said.
Search is on for some more persons involved in the crime, he added.
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Rajdeo Ranjan, district bureau head of a leading vernacular newspaper, was shot dead by unidentified men when he was travelling on his motorcycle near fruit market on station road of Siwan on May 13 evening.
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