In a joint operation with a special task force, officers of different police stations in Bokaro busted a gang involved in recent bank robbery including loot of Rs 40 lakh from the Chas branch of Bank of India and arrested four criminals, in the last 24 hours. The police also recovered Rs 20.74 lakh in cash from the possession of the arrested criminals.
Six criminals had committed the robbery at the Indian Bank branch in Chas on June 29. They had looted Rs 40 lakh from Indian Bank Chas branch in Bokaro district on June 29.
Bokaro SP Chandan Kumar Jha said the same gang was involved in Indian Bank robbery. “Rs 20.74 lakh has been recovered,” the SP added.
Jha said the arrested criminals were identified as Ashok Kumar, Jitendra Singh, Subham Yadav, and Dinesh Yadav. SP said the all four criminals were arrested from different places,
Jitendra Singh is the leader of the gang. One motorcycle, three pistols used in the crime and 17 live cartridges were recovered,” the SP said.