Two who shot goon in Chandrapur mall held

CHANDRAPUR: Acting swiftly, the local crime branch (LCB) sleuths on Monday night nabbed two shooters involved in the Raghuwanshi shopping complex shooting incident.
The accused duo has been identified as Ankush Varma and Amit Sonkar, who had shot goon Aakash Andhewar thrice in broad daylight on Monday afternoon.
As suspected, the shootout has turned out to be a revenge attack in retaliation to the murder of mafia kingpin Suraj Bahuriya, who was killed last year.
LCB in-charge Balasaheb Khade said following instructions of SP Arvind Salve, the cops gathered information about the suspected shooters and dispatched a team led by PSI Sandeep Kapade after them. “One of the accused was arrested on Monday evening from Ballarpur town, while the other was rounded up late in the night from the outskirts,” he said.
Both the accused have been handed over to Chandrapur city police for further investigations, Khade added.
According to sources, Suraj Bahuriya was the kingpin of coal and illegal liquor mafia and was shot dead by Aakash Andhewar and gang in broad daylight in Ballarpur in August 2020. Total 10 accused were arrested in Bahuriya murder case and Andhewar, who was injured in the firing on Monday, was the main accused.
Andhewar along with four others was released on bail, while five are still in jail.
The rival Bahuriya gang was baying for blood after murder of their kingpin and was after Andhewar soon after he was bailed out of jail.
The duo had tracked Andhewar in Raghuwanshi complex and had shot him thrice on Monday.
Injured Andhewar has been admitted to a hospital in Nagpur and is learnt to be out of danger.
In a video viral on the social media, he is seen hurling threats at the rivals saying he will be back soon and would avenge the bid on his life.