Ranchi police today arrested four criminals wanted on charges of murder, robbery and threatening from Tangtang Toli on Ring Road on Tuesday. Three homemade pistol, seven bullets and three motorcycles, one among which was looted on April 14 from Dhurva Ring Road, have been recovered from them while raids to nab three of their absconding aides are being conducted at different possible hideouts.
“Yogendra Mahto aka Anna of Ratu, Shanker Munda aka Bhola of Kanke, Patras Tirkey aka Mattu of Karra (Khunti) and Suraj Gop of Nagri have been arrested on Tuesday while they were planning to execute some heinous crime. Two looted RTR Apache bikes in which one is brand new, and one Honda Shine (JH01BV 4759) have been recovered from their possession at the time of arrest. As Honda Shine has not been looted, details about its ownership are being verified,” said SSP Kuldeep Dwivedi on Tuesday where City SP Kishor Kaushal and Hatia ASP Sujata Veenapani were also present.
All four arrested on the day were wanted in cases including murder of one Tabrez in nachiyatu on September 25, looting a paddy trader on August 31, looting a motorcycle from Kanke Road on November 13 after the looted another Yamaha motorcycle from Dhurva dam Road on January 9 (all last year) and two robberies this year including one bike robbery from Dhurva Ring Road on April 14 and robbery of Rs 70,000 from a shop in Pundag on February 1 this year.
Dwivedi said that those absconding included Madhu Mahto of Karra, Avinash Soni aka Sanjay Soni of Itki and Dashrath lohra aka Raju of lapung. “Raids to nab them are on. We will take these arrested criminals on remand to have detailed information of their aides and other activities,” said Dwivedi. He also said that the team comprising of Dhurva PS In-charge Talkeshwar Ram, ASI Dinesh Kumar Mahli, Nagri PS Incharge Ajay Kumar Singh, Constables Arun Kumar Bhagat, Chandradev Bhagat, Arvind Kumar Chowdhary and Santosh Kumar Suman will be awarded for successfully arresting these wanted criminals.
Meanwhile, Dwivedi said that two robbed cars have also been recovered in two separate cases. “Maruti Wagon R (JH01CD 2032) and Swift DZire (JH01AV (T) 1760) looted in December 2016 and February this year respectively have been recovered. We are in the process of taking robbers on remand from Gaya (Bihar),” said Dwivedi.