Boasting to his newfound friends about his involvement in a murder, led to the arrest of a shooter from Bihar who was hiding in Mumbai. The Mumbai police apprehended Navin Kumar Priyakumar Ranjan, 22, the shooter, on Saturday, who was on the run for eight months after murdering property dealer Prem Paswan in Patna. He is a resident of Danapur village in Bihar. 

Paswan was a property dealer in Patna embroiled in a 1.5 bigha land dispute in the Habibpur area. In connection with Paswan’s murder, the Parsa Bazar police in Patna had earlier arrested 10 individuals, including his business partner, who is the main accused.