Calcutta, June 1 :    Calcutta, June 1:  The attack was deliberate, daring and deadly. A 30-year-old man was gunned down at the intersection of Alipore Road and Raja Santosh Road on Friday morning. The victim was later identified as Abdul Hakim Khan, alias Manoj, a building materials supplier. One of the suspects has been arrested. At around 11.50 am, Manoj and elder brother Rajkumar were standing in front of the Alipore Kalyan Samity club office on Raja Santosh Road. A gang of six goons, toting country-made revolvers, approached the duo. A couple of the criminals called out to Manoj, before firing twice, from point-blank range. The bullets pierced his head and stomach. The miscreants fled before other members of the club could realise what had happened. Manoj was rushed to Calcutta Medical Research Institute, where doctors declared him 'brought dead'. As news of the killing spread, more than a thousand residents of the area took to the streets. They practically held the cops of New Alipore thana hostage on the spot, protesting police inaction in the area. A section of the mob ransacked a local club, allegedly a criminal den. People squatted on the streets, throwing traffic on Alipore Road and Raja Santosh Road out of gear for around four hours from noon. The Trinamul Congress claimed that Manoj was 'an active party member'. Rajkumar lodged a complaint with New Alipore police station and named five goons - Kana Sidhu, Jugna, Babna, Babu Gope and Shyamal Das. The police, while combing the area, netted Das. Raids have been intensified to track down the rest of the accused. Raj Kanojia, deputy commissioner, headquarters, said the murder was a fallout of a running feud between two local clubs. Kana Sidhu, the main accused, had allegedly killed local rival Bhola Mohapatra in January 2000, on the same spot. Sidhu then established the Netaji Subhash Sangha, which sparked off a bitter rivalry with Kalyan Samity, which continued to influence the real-estate deals in the area. Tension mounted recently over rumours of highrises coming up on the Dalmia grounds in the area. Sidhu and his associates tried to enrol as members of the Kalyan Samity. But Manoj, an influential member of the club, refused to allow Sidhu and gang entry. 'Manoj, who was popular as a singer in the area, had made it clear that there was no place for criminals in Kalyan Samity,' said a local youth on Friday. 'He paid the price for opposing these criminals, who roam the area without any fear of the police. Manoj's murder is yet another example of how the police allow criminals to rule the roost.' Rajen, another brother of Manoj, confirmed that 'for the past six days', Sidhu and his aides had been threatening him. 'We had informed New Alipore police station, fearing that Manoj's life was under threat. But the police did nothing to stop Sidhu... And now, we've lost our brother,' said Rajen.