The Chhattisgarh police have arrested eight interstate criminals, including four from Jharsuguda, for lifting a truck loaded with aluminium from Jharsuguda. Bhilai Khursipar police acting on a tipoff seized the truck loaded with aluminium worth Rs 45 lakhs on August 15.
The Jharsuguda based criminals arrested include Arabind Sharma (30), Mukesh Agarwal (33), Amarjit Singh alias Chaini Singh (21) and Patit Bag. The others arrested were Amar Yadu (26) of Howrah GCT road, Raj Kumar Mishra (35) of Rajendra nagar, Birendra Dwivedy (49) of Bhilai Khursipar and Sabir Ali of Pithara in Mahasand district. The gang had lifted the aluminim loaded truck of Vedant Project at Jharsuguda to Bhilai on its way to Bangalore.Transporter Anil Mishra had filed a complaint with Badmal police pertaining to the lifting of the truck. The arrested criminals were produced in the court. Meanwhile, the Badmal police have left for Bhilai to find out other members of the gang and their involvement in the crime.