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ISI racket: MP ATS arrests coaching institute owner Manoj Mandal from Bihar

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BHOPAL: Continuing the arrests after the ISI network was busted in Madhya Pradesh, the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) had caught a suspect.

Manoj Mandal, who was involved in illegal funding to ISI agents, has been arrested from Jamui district in Bihar, said officials.

Mandal runs a coaching institute apart from owning a local business. During interrogation with the kingpins of the racket viz. Balram, Rajiv Tiwari alias Rajjan and Dhruv Saxena, ATS got information about Mandal's involvement with the racket.

An ATS team was in Jamui for days but he couldn't be traced. Suddenly, the investigators got info that Mandal had been spotted in UP. Another team went to Varanasi and reportedly brought him from there.

After arrest, he was brought to Bhopal. After Sahyog Singh's arrest, he had gone absconding. He has been produced in the court and remanded to the ATS custody. He would be quizzed to ascertain his links with the racket. 


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Carbine used to fire at jeweller was robbed from UP MLA's gunman

CHHINDWARA: The carbine that was used to fire at a jeweller and later others in Chhindwara in MP, belonged to a UP legislator's gunman and had been looted.

This has been revealed during the course of investigation. The jeweller has survived and the shooter has been arrested. However, it was found that he had got it from the gunman of a UP MLA, sometime ago. 

The incident had occurred in Chhindwara. An armed man carrying the submachine gun stormed into jeweller's showroom, shot him in the stomach. When others came, he fired in the air. He tried to run away but because motorcycle couldn't start, he failed to escape and was overpowered by the crowd.

The injured jeweller is undergoing treatment. The goon was carrying a machine gun, carbine. The accused, Sandeep Kumar, had fired thrice. He had ntered Durga Shree jewellers, carrying the carbine. asking jeweller to hand over ornaments.

When the jeweller refused Sandeep Kumar began firing, one of the bullets hit the victim, Sohan Tamrakar, 32, in the stomach.The goon ran out and kicked the bike but after multiple attempts bike didn't start and people with lathis attacked him.

He was caught and handed to police, later. Now, he is being quizzed and a team is arriving from UP to ask about the procurement of the looted carbine. Investigation is on in the case. 

[January 18, 2023 NewsBits.in]

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