Guwahati: The prime accused in the Chatribari murder case from Bihar arrested by the Assam Police on Monday.
The arrestee was identified as Pankaj Kumar.
The incident took place on February 21 in which a businessman named Avdesh Yadav was shot dead by bike-borne assailants near his residence in Chatribari.
Avdesh was shot in the chest three times at a point-blank range.
The assailants managed to escape the crime spot after shooting Yadav. However, they left their bike and mobile phones at the spot and after initiating an investigation into the matter, the police found that the bike was registered with the name of one Mohammad Abbas who hails from Darrang district in Assam.
It may be mentioned that Avdesh Yadav was a resident of Bihar and residing in Guwahati for the last six months. There were claimed that Yadav was killed due to personal enmity and business rivalry.
During the interrogation the accused revealed that the whole incident was planned by one W Yadav who reportedly went into hiding in Nepal.