The two prime accused in the brazen, public murder of a real estate developer in Howrah’s Pilkhana, Harun Khan and Rafaquat Hossain, were arrested near Jama Masjid in Delhi on Thursday morning. Police said the duo allegedly shot 27-year-old Mohammad Shafique on a busy Pilkhana street early on February 25 before fleeing. After the murder, they moved to Calcutta and later to Nalanda in Bihar, eventually reaching Delhi, where they were hiding in Old Delhi. The shooter and the man Shafique had been speaking to fired several more shots into his body, fleeing only after ensuring he was dead. Shafique’s elder sister, Anwari Begum, later identified the killers from the CCTV footage as Harun and alleged arms dealer Rohit.

Source: The Telegraph March 06, 2026 01:15 UTC