The Sadar police in Palamu nabbed a person identified as Teekait Prasad Mehta (35), who was in possession of illicit weapon and cartridges.
According to the SP Palamu, Narendra K Singh, on June 24 night there was a police check at Khanwa when the team of police noticed an Indigo car coming to Daltonganj which was halted and search was conducted leading to the recovery of one pistol and about 66 cartridges of various bores like 9mm, 7.6mm, 0.22 bore, 7.65 mm bore7.6 mm bore etc.
Singh said the man did not resist nor did he make any attempt to escape. On June 25, he was remanded in judicial custody under Arms Act. On the other hand, the Chainpur police in Palamu overpowered a road robber and recovered one pistol and ten cartridges. The robber has a peculiar name Congress Chourasia (24) but has a disposition towards crime, said the SP. He was wanted in a case of road robbery which had occurred on the night of June 21/22 on the Daltonganj Garhwa Road wherein drivers/apprentices of long distance trucks and lorries were robbed of and Congress Chourasia was headlong involved in it.
The Panki police in Palamu did not lag behind and nabbed two JPC Naxals Sanjay Bhuiyan and Kamlesh alias Kartik alias Atul and recovered one pistol and two cell phone sets. The JPC cadres were out for collecting levy when the police struck hard.