sonarpur sonapur police have finally arrested gyan ranjan sharma prime accused in the rania skeleton case in which auto driver madan roy was murdered and his body buried in the mangroves near his home furious locals on wednesday gheraoed sonapur police station and asked the cops to hand him over to them when the cops did not relent the mob pelted stones at the prison van carrying sharma to court the cops responded with a heavy lathicharge sharmas alleged companion roys wife savitri too has been arrested for allegedly abetting the murder according to police 212kg of ganja was found in sharmas possession for which he was produced in alipore court savitri was produced in baruipur court in connection with the murder sources said that given the tension in the area police decided to produce sharma in baruipur court in the murder case at a later date the cops though said producing sharma in alipore was routine and the prerogative of the investigating agency all hell broke loose on wednesday as sharma was being lodged in side the prison van from the police station after he was arrested a day earlier as the mob demanded instant justice and hanging against the accused they grew restless when cops asked them to move and make way for the van a stone was hurled at the van and the cops responded claimed eyewitnesses sharma police records show had joined the indian army early in his life but was courtmartialled eight years ago for misbehaviour sharma told cops in august last year the first time that he was arrested for running an illegal arms racket at his rania residence that his expertise in arms making at the army led him to join the munger illegal weapon market six years ago after staying three years at darbhanga with his family in which the bihar police registered criminal cases against him he shifted to sonapur three years ago he developed an illicit relationship with madan ghoshs wife the man whose skull was reportedly recovered on monday from his garden house and committed a coldblooded murder with his associates he began to head a syndicate in no time and become the fulcrum of the local extortion gang the polices first brush with him unearthing of the illegal gun factory too was a result of investigation in another case against him rania resident ram kumar jha alleged that he was abducted by sharma and two others and was freed after three days after paying a ransom of rs 25 lakh the twin cases though could not keep him behind bar for too long in a short time he came out he was wanted in an extortion case in the regent park area the kolkata police promptly arrested him yet again but he managed to secure bail yet again his name cropped up in the murder of a promoter suryadev panda and finally his aides gave him away once they got arrested the