Police have arrested a former railway gangman after he was accused of shooting an assistant sub-inspector of the CBI with a bow and arrow outside its offices in Lucknow. Virendra Singh, 55, an ASI in the police, allegedly suffered a chest injury Friday, police said.
According to police, 65-year-old Dinesh Murmu from Bihar's Munger attacked ASI Singh with a bow and arrow outside the CBI headquarters on Naval Kishore Marg. Doctors are treating the ASI in Lucknow, and his injury was around five centimeters deep.
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Police said, Dinesh Murmu is accused of attempted murder and has been arrested. After investigation, the accused will be taken to jail this same day. Dinesh Murmu was a railway gangman when Virendra Singh of ASI investigated the corruption case in 1993, and the accused was dismissed.
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According to PTI, Dinesh Murmu went to Delhi, attacked a police officer in 2005, and was later sent to jail. After a confrontation with a GRP jawan at Jaunpur railway station in 2015, he was arrested and later spent three and a half years in jail. A railway gangman’s job is to maintain the track and make sure it is safe.
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