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RANCHI: A shopkeeper was stabbed by three men on Friday for allegedly failing to provide them with hemp, police said. The trio Sahid Ansari, Sajid Ansari and Razim Raja has been arrested. “Victim Dhani Shankar Sahu, who owns a road-side hotel in an area under Chutia police station where the incident took place, has been in jail twice in the past for selling drugs,” city DSP Amit Singh said.
Sahu is currently admitted at Guru Nanak hospital here. According to Sahu’s statement given to the police from the hospital, Sahid and Razim came to his shop and asked for the drug. When he told them that he does not sell it, the duo abused Sahu and left. They later came back with Sajid and attacked Sahu with utensils from his shop before stabbing him. Seeing this, the locals, who knew Sahu well, beat the assailants before handing them over to the cops.