Four miscreants arrested for municipality employee's murder

Saturday, March 17, 2007, 19:05 [IST]

Barrackpore, Mar 14 (UNI) At least four more miscreants were arrested in connection with the murder of Kanchra Municipality employee Ashok Dubey, police said today.

The arrested included Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) activist Ashok Bhowmick.

Police had earlier arrested three others, who were involved in various crimes in Beejpur area and seized half a dozen pipe guns and 15 live cartridges.

According to police reports, Mr Dubey was killed inside the Municipality complex on January 23. Miscreants allegedly attacked Mr Dubey, hurling bombs that not only killed him but also left a local businessman seriously injured.

Police apprehended the quartet Anjan Roy, brother of Sanjay Roy, who was arrested earlier, Amit Prasad, Kanchan Roy and Anup Das from a cinema hall complex here yesterday.

Police said that these criminals operated in the North 24 Parganas, Nadia and Hooghly.

UNI

Topics: CRIME-BENGAL-MURDER-ARREST

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