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Firing in Jharkhand Court premises, three killed
Hazaribagh, June 2
Three people, including an
undertrial criminal, were killed in a shootout at Hazaribagh court
premises in Jharkhand on Tuesday, police said.
A police constable
was also seriously injured in the incident, police said adding that the
yet unidentified assailants used an AK-47 gun which has been recovered
from the scene.
The deceased have been identified as Sushil
Srivastav, a criminal who was to be presented in court for a case
hearing, and Gayas Khan and Kalam.
A police constable Devendra Paswan, who was accompanying them, also received bullet injuries.
"The attackers fled from the spot abandoning their vehicle when police retaliated," a police official told IANS.
"Jharkhand
is witnessing murders, robberies and other crimes and the state
government is claiming that the situation is under control," said Alok
Dubey, a Congress leader.
Chief Minister Raghubar Das has,
however, taken the incident seriously and directed the police to nab the
assailants involved in the incident, officials here said.