Vikas alias Raja (29), the suspect, was needed in a number of different legal circumstances as effectively, they mentioned.
Appearing on a tip-off, the crew of officers probing the homicide case reached Damaria Ghat round 2.25 am searching for Vikas, an official mentioned.
“On recognizing the police personnel, he tried to flee and in addition opened hearth. The officers retaliated, and he was killed,” the police official mentioned.
No police personnel sustained any damage, he added.
A pistol, a spent and a stay cartridge have been recovered from the spot, the official mentioned.”It's suspected that Vikas supplied the weapon that was used within the homicide of Khemka,” he mentioned.Police have already arrested the gunman, recognized as Umesh Rai, and detained one other one that is suspected of hiring the contract killer.
“The contract killer was arrested from Patna. The investigation is in progress. We are going to share extra particulars sooner or later,” mentioned the official.
Khemka was shot useless outdoors his residence within the metropolis's Gandhi Maidan locality on Friday morning. Seven years in the past, his son was killed in Hajipur.
