SEXAGENARIAN SHOT AT AND INJURED AT THE GATE OF THE ARA CIVIL COURT

ARA (RNI) Some unidentified armed miscreants shot at and injured a sexagenarian at the gate of the Ara Civil Court in a broad day light today and escaped from the scene. The police rushed him to the Ara Sadsr Hospital. The injured was identified as Gopal Chaudhary 62 son of late Degree Chauydhary of Belaur village under Udwantnagar police station in Bhojpur district. Reason behind the incident is still to be ascertained. Senior police officers rushed to the spot and are investigating the matter. The injured was reportedly had come to the Ara Civil Court for witness. Fear psychosis prevails in and around the area following the incident though the SP said that the situation is well under control.

Gopal Chaudhary was a named accused in the murder of Hemant Chaudhary in the year 2016 and he had come today in the Ara Civil Court for appearance when the miscreants shot at and injured him and escaped from the scene.

Bhojpur SP Pramod Kumar Yadav said that some miscreants shot at and injured Gopal Chaudhary from point blank range some distance from the gate of the Ara Civil Court. Gopal Chaudhary is a named accused in a murder in the year 2016 and he had come to the Ara Civil Court for attendance. He was admitted to the Ara Sadar Hospital where his condition is stated to be stable. He was operated upon and bullet is taken out. The SP said that two youths came to him pumped bullet from point blank range and escaped.

The SP further said that during verification it came to light that the matter is related to a war of attrition in between Butan Chaudhary and Ranjeet Chaudhary in which Hemant Chaudhary brother of Ranjeet Chaudhary was shot dead in the year 2016 and Butan Chaudhary and his brothers were accused in the matter. Gopal Chaudhary alias Gopal Sharma, an aide of Butan Chaudhary is a named accused in that matter. The SP added that the accused have been identified and the police are conducting raids to arrest the miscreants.

Advocate, Ara Civil Cout, Shashikant Saxena said that chaos created due to sudden firing near the gate of the Ara Civil Court. He said that Bhojpur SP Pramod Kumar Yadav SDM Lal Jyoti Nath  Sahdeo along with heavy police force and other senior officials of the district rushed to the spot.

After a bomb blast on the campus of the Ara Civil Court on January 23, 2015, heavy police force was deployed and CCTVs were installed. Each and every persons and clients except advocates are frisked before at the gate of the court. A number of police personnel also patrol outside the court campus and even the bikers are not allowed to park their motorcycles near the campus wall of the court. Motorcycle and vehicle parking is made at Ramana Maidan illegally. Despite the criminals are so emboldened that they commit crime freely and escape from the scene. This put a big question mark on the efficacy of the law and order situation and the police administration.