KUMUD JENAMANI
Jamshedpur, May 6: A 35-year-old woman was shot by an unidentified assailant at Kuchai under Seraikela-Kharsawan district, about 50 kms away from here on Friday night.
Identified as Namrata Samad the victim was a Home Guard and was running a small shop near Kalyan Hospital. She was shot at around 9 pm while she was busy closing up the shop.
Soon after the incident some local residents rushed her to the nearby hospital where the doctor on emergency duty declared her as dead.
The assailant had fired at the Home Guard in the head from behind and had left the scene having dropped the gun nearby. A police party which reached the spot for investigation found a country-made pistol and an empty cartridge from the crime scene.
Kuchai thana OC, Vishnu Charan Bhokta who inspected the crime scene said an unidentified assailant shot the woman Home Guard from close range at her shop.
“We are investigating into the case. The one responsible for the murder will be detected soon,” said Bhokta while talking to lagatar24.com.
Police suspect the Home Guard might have been attacked by the assailant in sequel to an old enmity.
Namrata Samad was eldest among her two sisters and was unmarried. She was maintaining the house expenses by carrying out the Home Guard duty and running the shop during off period.
Considered a Naxal-stronghold area, Kuchai comes under the Kharsawan assembly constituency from where the present Union Tribal Welfare minister, Arjun Munda was elected as legislator for more than once.
Getting to know about the murder of a humble woman, BJP leader Ganesh Mahali rushed to Kuchai and met the bereaved family members on Saturday morning.
Mahali who is the BJP’s ST/SC Cell state committee treasurer observed that the law and order situation in the state is deteriorating fast.
“Even life of a common woman like Namrata Samad is not safe here. BJP will launch a stire in Seraikela-Kharsawan district if the police fail to detect the person responsible for Namrata’s murder, ” said Mahali while talking to this correspondent.
