Extortionists fire at railway contractor in Jharkhand

The incident took place at a work site in Kadru village under Barkakana police outpost.

In-charge of Barkakana police outpost Akhtar Ali said that the injured man, identified as Gyanendra Kumar, was shot at from a very close range by suspected extortionists.

A case was registered in connection with the incident and the police launched a manhunt to arrest the miscreants, he said.