A Delhi Court on Sunday granted Jharkhand Police three-day transit remand of Congress MlA Yogendra Sao, who was arrested on Saturday from a slum cluster in the national Capital. Sao had been absconding after non-bailable warrants (NBWs) were issued against him by a court in Hazaribagh, Jharkhand for allegedly floating an ultra outfit.
A former Minister in Jharkhand Government and a sitting Member of legislative Assembly (MlA), Yogendra Sao was arrested in a joint operation of Delhi Police and Jharkhand Police on Saturday evening. Yogendra Sao (50). Sao was wanted in a case of Arms Act and for also perpetuating crime under the banner of two criminal organisations which he has founded. He was arrested from slum the clusters in Shakurpur area of North-West Delhi on Saturday evening. An NBW was also issued against him by Hazaribagh court in Jharkhand.
Sao is the founder member of two criminal organisations - Jharkhand Tiger Group and Jharkhand Bachao Andolan. A team of officers of South-Western Range, Crime Branch under the supervision of Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Hoshiyar Singh and overall supervision of Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Dinesh Kumar Gupta in a joint operation with the Jharkhand Police arrested Sao from a JJ cluster where he was residing. He was wanted in a case of Arms Act and facilitating commission of crime and a NBW was also issued against him by the Hazaribagh court.
He was previously involved in around 13 cases of murder, attempt to murder, rioting, criminal intimidation and extortion etc. in Jharkhand. He is also founder member of two criminal organisations in Jharkhand. The members of these organisations are involved in murder, attempt to murder, kidnapping for ransom, criminal intimidation and extortion. The Jharkhand Police had information that in order to evade arrest Sao has made a hideout in Delhi and is residing there. “A joint operation was launched by Crime Branch with Jharkhand Police and movements of Sao were tracked in Delhi. Sao was apprehended by the joint police team on Saturday from the area of JJ Colony, Shakurpur,” said Additional Commissioner of Police (Crime) Ashok Chand.
On September 1, 2014, five members of Jharkhand Tigers Group were arrested by Giddi police station, Hazaribagh, Jharkhand, including the head of organisation Raj, alias Raj Kumar, with regard to the illegal possession of firearms and criminal conspiracy to facilitate the commission of crime. Huge cache of arms and ammunition and other incriminating material were recovered from their possession.
It was found that they belonged to Jharkhand Tiger Group and during interrogation they revealed that Yogendra Sao was providing arms, ammunition and vehicles to commit extortion, kidnapping for ransom and murder. They further revealed Jharkhand Tiger Group and Jharkhand Bachao Andolan were formed by Yogendra Sao.
Till now around 11 members of these organisations have been arrested who are involved in several heinous cases of Arms Act, extortion, kidnapping for ransom and murder in Jharkhand. Yogendra was an ex-Minister in Jharkhand and presently he is sitting MlA from Barkagaon constituency of Jharkhand Assembly.