A police team of Bokaro Thermal police station headed by inspector cum officer-in charge Parmeshwar leyangi on Sunday morning conducted raids at Ganjutola in Armo forest area here and seized approx 2.5 tonnes of illegal coal along with their 4 motorcycles and 5 cycles,said Bokaro SP Kartik S. According to information the police party laid as trap in the area under the Bokaro Thermal police station limits here on Sunday morning at 4 am after it got a lead that illegal coal is being transported from the project area to other destination. During the raid local villagers, who were monitoring the transportation managed to flee from the spot.
Four motorcycles carrying different registration numbers respectively were sized when moving very fast and arousing suspicion, police sources said. On the directives of the Bokaro S.P to put a break on over the areas, while Bokaro Thermal ,Inspector cum officer-in charge Parmeshwar leyangi confirmed the raid and investigation is on to identified the persons involved in the illegal trade.The coal was stocked near border area of Hazaribagh after being illegally dug by the coal thieves in the area. The dug coal was then ferried on motorbike to other parts. A case has been lodged in this connection with BTPS police station, he further added.