Gunmen On Bike Shoot Man Dead Near Durga Puja Pandal in Jharkhand: Cops

The body of Ranjit Singh, who was a member of the Amarnath Singh gang, was sent for post-mortem examination.

Gunmen on motorcycles shot dead a 42-year-old man, stated to be a gangster, near a popular Durga puja marquee in Jharkhand's industrial city of Jamshedpur on Monday, a police officer said.

The victim, Ranjit Singh, came out of jail around a fortnight ago, Superintendent of Police (City), K Vijay Shankar, said.

Ranjit Singh was in the pandal in Telco locality and his 12-year-old daughter was sitting inside a car nearby when some masked men in two motorbikes came to her, enquired about his father and tried to pull her out.

As she raised an alarm, Ranjit Singh rushed to the car and the men fired at him.