Ranchi: Sensation has spread in the capital Ranchi due to the discovery of the bodies of four youths. The bodies of four youths were found late on Tuesday night near Rukka Dam. The deceased have been identified as Shoaib Akhtar (30), resident of Newari and Aashiq Ansari (25), Nurural (27) and Maqsood Ansari (40), residents of Chuttu. As soon as the information about the incident was received, the police reached the spot at around 12 o’clock at night and started investigation. Prima facie, it has come to light that the death was due to lightning.
The family members told the police that all of them had left home at 9 in the morning saying that they were going fishing. When they did not reach home till late evening, they started searching for them. After a lot of searching, their bodies were found on the river bank. The police was immediately informed. The Sadar police station in-charge and the Mesra OP in-charge reached the spot.
The relatives of the deceased were alleging murder and demanding registration of FIR and arrest of the culprits
The relatives of the deceased were demanding to register an FIR and arrest the culprits, alleging murder. Till around 1 am, all the bodies were at BIT Mesra OP. The process of sending them to RIMS for postmortem was going on.
Police said that lightning had struck
When the police reached the spot, all four bodies were lying scattered around. The body and clothes of Shoaib Akhtar and another person were burnt. Shoaib’s chest and hair on his head were completely burnt. There were no signs of burning on the two bodies lying nearby. The police is also considering it a death due to lightning. However, the investigation is being carried out keeping every aspect in mind.
The crowd gathered at the OP alleged murder, the police pacified them by explaining
As soon as the information about the bodies of four people was received, sensation spread in BIT Mesra area. A large number of people from the surrounding areas including Chuttu and Nevri gathered at Mesra OP. Some people were looking agitated. They were talking about murder, they said that the youths were killed and thrown into the dam. However, the police pacified the people after a lot of effort. The police of Sadar police station assured the villagers that the cause of death will be completely clear after the postmortem report comes. There will be no mistake in this. Further action will be taken as per the postmortem report.