Overview
- Restaurant owner Vijay Kumar Nag was fatally shot late Saturday after a customer allegedly received non-vegetarian biryani instead of a vegetarian order at Chowpatty Restaurant in Kanke.
- Police said main accused Abhishek Singh opened fire when intercepted near the ITBP camp at Sukurhutu, was shot in both legs in the exchange, and is being treated at RIMS.
- A second suspect, Harendra Singh, described by police as a suspended Jharkhand policeman and alleged weapons supplier, was also arrested, with additional associates named in FIRs.
- Officers reported seizing multiple firearms, ammunition, cash and vehicles during the operation, with forensic examination and case filings underway.
- CCTV from the restaurant is being reviewed, the post-mortem is in process, and authorities are probing alternate motives as residents protested and business leaders voiced law-and-order concerns.