Arrests Made in NTPC Officer's Murder Case in Jharkhand

Four individuals have been arrested in Jharkhand for the murder of NTPC official Kumar Gaurav. The arrests include the main shooter and the person who provided firearms. The motive behind the crime was to instill fear for extortion purposes. Links to deceased gangster Aman Sahu were found.

In a significant breakthrough, police have arrested four individuals linked to the murder of Kumar Gaurav, an NTPC deputy general manager, in Jharkhand's Hazaribag district.

The official, aged 42, was brutally shot by two assailants on motorcycles, an attack aimed at spreading terror in the coal mining region to facilitate extortion.

Among those apprehended are the shooter Mintu Kumar Paswan and Ajay Yadav, who supplied the firearms. Authorities uncovered connections to gangster Aman Sahu, recently deceased in a police encounter.

(With inputs from agencies.)