Giridih police on Saturday evening arrested two inter-district criminals from the vicinity of the Harihardham temple at Bagodar in the district.
The criminals were allegedly involved in various illegal activities in latehar and Palamu district of Jharkhand. Two pistols, two mobiles and three cartridges were recovered from them, police said.
They were identified as Suresh Saw of Nawadih village of latehar district while other is Ranjit Singh, a resident of Panki area in Palamu district. Both are the age group of 25to 30 years.
Apart from a few traditional arms, police in charge of Bagodar police station Surendra Singh also recovered two country-made pistols and three live cartridges from them.
Briefing the media SDPO of Giridih Raj Kumar Mehta said that the Bagodar police had received a tip off that two criminals were loitering around the Harihardham temple at 4pm. It was suspected they were planning to loot people .
A police team led by Bagodar police in Charge Surendra Singh visited the area and caught the suspects. As soon as the perpetrators saw the police, they started fleeing. But police chased them and arrested both of the criminals, Mehta said . later, they confessed they were planning to loot people in Bagodar and others suburbs.