Town police and Taratard police of Giridih district on Thursday evening have been able to make a breakthrough in the road robbery and other various illegal activities within 12 days of the incident, which took place on September 14, 2015.
Shambhu Singh, Deputy superintendent of police Giridih told The Pioneer that three inter-state criminals were arrested for their involvement in looting `1,59,000 on September 14, 2015 in Giridih.
The arrest was made from Hutti-bazaar under the Taratard police station of Giridih district. Police recovered one motorcycle, 3 mobile sets, and `15,000 from them.
Culprits were identified as Kalim Uddin alias Tarzan, Md Mustaq alias Somra and Md Raiesh alias Riku. All are in the age group of 25 to 30 years.
Briefing the Pioneer on Thursday evening Shambhu Singh said that the town police had received a tip off that three criminals were loitering about in Hutti-bazaar with lies under the jurisdiction of Taratard police station area. It was suspected that they were planning to loot people. A police team led by Giridih DY S.P. Shambhu Singh along with officer-in charge Town police station Rajiv Kumar and Nawal Prasad of Taratard police station visited the areas and caught the suspects. As soon as the perpetrators saw the police they started fleeing. But the police arrested them, he said
"Though further interrogation is going and we hope for arresting more "added the Deputy SP.
