Hazaribagh Police nabbed four abductors who had kidnapped the clerk of a road construction company on March 23. SP Akhilesh Jha said that a group of eight criminals were involved in the abduction, four arrests had been made and soon other four would be behind the bars.
The criminals abducted the clerk of RKS Construction Company engaged in road construction work in Naxal-prone area of Vishnugarh block of the district on March 23. The kidnappers lifted the clerk Janki Yadav from the construction site and entered into the Konar forest area. On March 25, they released the clerk after getting Rs4lakhs from the construction company.
SP Akhilesh Jha said that the company had not informed about the incident to the police. After the release of clerk, the sources of police informed the police about the incident. Then the Vishnugarh Police contacted Janki Yadav and took him in confidence, then he filed a case. Yadav informed that some days ago the company had received a threatening letter in which a levy of Rs40 lakhs was demanded in the name of Maoists which was actually sent by the criminals who had abducted him.
As per instruction of SP Akhilesh Jha, Vishnugarh police started investigation of this case and soon it became clear that the local criminals have done it in the name of Maoists. On April 6, police arrested Manoj Kumar Mahto of Bokaro and when Janki Yadav identified him then arrested his three colleagues Jabir Hussain, Ram lal Soren and Nilkanth Turi, all belonging to Vishnugarh block.
Police recovered Rs50,000 and seized a new bike which is yet unregistered. Some mobile phones and SIM cards were also recovered from their possession. SP said that interrogation was on and soon rest four of the gang would be nabbed.