Bokaro police arrested seven inter-state robbers while five others were escaped. They were planning to commit a new incident, police said.
“We recovered four pistols, several live bullets and other arms and sharp weapons from their possession. All of them are involved in several robbery incidents recently held at Odisha, Bihar and Jharkhand,” police said.
During interrogation, accused admitted their crime, said Naresh Sahay, Inspector of City police station. “They were identified as Maqsood Ansari, Bashudeo Mahato, Mahroo Mahato, Jitendar Mahato, Sudhir Sardar, Dilip Thakur and Sanatan lohar,” he added. Raids are on to arrest the other five robbers, said Sahay.