A day after the police arrested two individuals for attempting to shoot Trinamool Congress councillor Sushanta Ghosh on Friday night whereas he was sitting exterior his home, the principle accused within the assault, Afroz Khan alias Gulzar, has admitted to making an attempt the homicide citing retaliation for alleged land
encroachment.
Accused Afroz was produced within the courtroom on Sunday, which remanded him in police custody until November 29.
Based on the police, throughout questioning Afroz mentioned that his 2,000 sq. toes of land was forcibly occupied by Hyder Ali, an in depth affiliate of TMC councillor Ghosh and regardless of approaching the councillor for decision, Afroz claimed that his pleas have been ignored.
Afroz allegedly teamed up with one Sheikh Iqbal from Bihar’s Munger and conspired to remove Ghosh with a hefty price ticket of Rupees 10 lakh hooked up to the homicide plot, the police mentioned, including that additional investigation is on.
Afroz, a resident of Gulzar Colony below Anandapur Police Station in Kolkata, was apprehended by police on Saturday afternoon within the Udochti space of Galsi, on Nationwide Freeway 19, whereas making an attempt to flee in the direction of Jharkhand.
Moreover, the police on Saturday additionally arrested a taxi driver, Ahmed, in reference to the incident. One other accused, Yuvraj Singh, who rode with Afroz on a two-wheeler on Friday evening, to assault Ghosh, was arrested proper after the incident. Singh was produced within the courtroom on Saturday.
Sushanta Ghosh, the TMC councillor of Kolkata Municipal Company (KMC) ward no 108, had an in depth shave on Friday night, when a handgun utilized by accused Yuvraj Singh to open fireplace on the councilor from an in depth vary in Kasba space, didn’t discharge the bullet as a result of a mechanical fault.
A purported video of the incident confirmed two males on a motorbike within the space, when considered one of them walks as much as Ghosh with a gun and tries to fireplace at him from shut vary, however the gun malfunctions. Whereas the person on the bike manages to flee, the opposite man who tried to shoot Ghosh is caught and later arrested.
In the meantime, the police have beefed up Sushanta Ghosh’s safety.
