Lohardaga police have succeeded in arresting three robbers with two weapons. The arrested people include 19 year old Shailesh Kumar Sahu, resident of Ursulen Barvatoli Lohardaga, 24 year old Rajendra Mahali, resident of Tigra Lalpur Lohardaga, 18 year old Imroz Ansari, resident of Nagjua Cairo Lohardaga. Police have recovered two country made pistols, three live cartridges, a black mask, one looted Hero Honda motorcycle, one Hero motorcycle, one laptop, four mobile phones and Rs 2100 in cash from them.
SP Haris Bin Jama presented the arrested accused before the press on Saturday. He said that on the basis of secret information, at around 00.55 pm on 13.12.2024, a raiding team was formed and a raid was conducted in the house of Sitamani Ekka in village Juria DAV School Road under Lohardaga police station area and the said people were arrested. Upon their search, two loaded country-made pistols, four mobile phones, a laptop, a motorcycle and other items were recovered. All these were looted from Hirahi on the night of 07.12.2024 and from Badla village police station-Senha yesterday on the night of 12.12.2024.
All these criminals had gathered and were planning a robbery when they were caught. All the arrested accused have been to jail in the past and have old criminal history. In this regard, Lohardaga police station case number 233/2024, dated 14.12.2024, section 310(4)/310(5)/317(3) B-N-S and 25 (1-B)A/26/35 Arms Act. Has been registered. SP said that the raiding team included SI Rakesh Kumar, Sanjay Kumar, Bandradeep Mehta District Police Force and IRB police personnel.
