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Hazaribagh Police arrests Area commander of Tiger Group

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Hazaribagh Police has arrested the Area commander Vikash Yadav alias Umesh Kumar from Khatiya village of Urimari PS. Police have seized two country-made pistols, three live cartridges, eight mobiles, seven SIM cards, four diaries and other literatures related to organisation. During interrogation he had given some important information related to the organisation.

Sharing the information Hazaribagh Superintendent of Police Anup Birtharey said that we received a secret information about the alleged area cum organisational commander of Tiger Group that nowadays he is hiding in the Khatia villages of Urimari police station. A team of Police officials and jawans was formed which raided the identified house on Wednesday night and arrested him.

During interrogation he has confessed that he was living there to kill former member of the organisation Ganga Sao, who is out of jail now. Vikash accepted it in front of police and media men and said that some white collared leaders had given him a supari of Rs 2.5 lacs for this work.

SP said that Vikash is the resident of Dabahatu village of Gola block of Ramgarh district. We have collected many important information of the organisation from him which will help us in destroying this banned outfit. Arrested Vikash Yadav is the right hand of Group main person Pardeep Yadav.

The Tiger Group is said to be an organisation formed, funded and promoted by former minister of Jharkhand Yogendra Sao.