Sleuths of the Special Task Force claimed to have got a major success when they trapped a hardened criminal operating both from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar and was carrying a total cash reward of Rs 60,000 on his arrest which included Rs 10,000 from Bihar. One of the associate of the gangster was also help in the operation.
The arrest was made here in lucknow on late Sunday night and one carbine of 9MM, a .32 bore pistol, a country-made weapon 315 bore, two mobile phones and cartridges were recovered from their possession. The gangster who had 23 heinous crimes registered against his name was involved in a sensational killing of Bharatiya Janta Party leader in Siwan district of Bihar while he was also involved a sensational loot at Balia.
Giving details of the breakthrough made by the STF team, ADG (law and order) Daljeet Chowdhary, revealed that a team of the STF led by Additional SP, Dr Arvind Chaturvedi were trailing behind some Eastern UP gangsters who were operating both in UP and in Bihar. He said that the team made a breakthrough when through electronic surveillance they learnt that listed gangsters, Sumit Kumar Singh alias Monu Chavanni, hailing from Balia and his accomplice Chandrika Sahni alias Pappu Sahni, residing in Gorakhpur were making threatening calls to the witnesses in a murder case registered in Siwan and also to witness of loot case in Balia.
Chowdhary said that some hired killers were also sent by Chavanni to execute the killing but timely intervention by the STF team foiled the bid and the accused were also arrested. ADG further said that on Sunday, they team members got a specific information that both the above criminals were coming near Kukrail Banda to exchange some arms with the gang members. The team members immediately swung into action and get success when they managed to nab both the criminals and recovered huge cache of arms and ammunitions from their possession. The criminals were taking to the Mahanagar police station were a case has been registered against them and they both were sent to jail on Mondaymorning.
Chowdhary claimed that Chavanni was carrying a cash reward of Rs 50,000, declared by the State government, while Rs 10,000 was also announced on him by the Bihar government. Chavanni had shot dead the spokesman of local BJP MP in Bihar’s Siwan district on November 23, 2014, along with two others, who were later arrested. He had lately been demanding “rangdari’ from about a dozen people including a political person and trader in Gopalganj, he said. On August 31 last year, Chavanni had looted revolver from possession of two local traders in Balia. Further interrogations are on by the STF team.