Ara Tanishq showroom loot case accused killed, five cops among seven injured
By : Sandhya
The deceased Chunmun Jha was one of those who conducted a daring dacoity at a Tanishq jewellery showroom in Ara last week. Police said that a robber with a reward of ₹3 lakh was killed in the early hours of Saturday in an alleged encounter with Special Task Force (STF) personnel at Narpatganj in Araria district.
Two local people and five policemen, including the station house officer (SHO) of Narpatganj police station, were also injured in the gunfight. The residents were named as Mehnaz Praveen and Azmun Khatun, while the injured police officers were identified as SHO Kumar Vikash, STF inspector Mohammad Mushtaq, Shahabuddin Ansari, Deepak Kumar, and driver Nagesh.
Chunmun Jha, a resident Araria, was allegedly one of the active members of Subodh Singh’s gang. Singh is presently incarcerated in West Bengal. Jha was active in the Purvanchal, Kosi, and Tirhut regions and was listed among the top 10 criminals in Seemanchal. One of his aides managed to escape under the cover of darkness, while the Araria police, commanded by superintendent of police (SP) Anjani Kumar, are searching the region to identify another gang member, Purnia range deputy inspector general of police (DIG) Pramod Kumar Mandal.