The Giridih police on Friday claimed to have busted a gang of motorcycle lifters by arresting four criminals at three different places including Pirtard, Jamtara and Deoghar area.
The gang members, identified as Babu Kant Jha, Sahid Ansari, Muktar Ansari and one other were arrested by a team headed by Town police station in-charge Yogendra Singh and others. The arrested were allegedly involved in various illegal activities in Bihar and Jharkhand .Ten motorcycles were recovered from them.Briefing the media persons on Friday, superintendent of police Karanti Kumar said that the district police had received a tip-off that four criminals were loitering about on the town area around 9am .It was suspected they planning to sell the looted motorcycles.
A police team led by officer -in charge of Town police station Yogendra Singh visited the areas and caught the suspects. As soon as the perpetrations saw the police, they started fleeing. But police arrested them while they were dealing to sell motorcycles to another customers, he said.later, the police added that after they interrogated the two, they would verify the information provided by them .Acting on a tip-off, the police arrested one Babu Kant Jha from Jamtara and three from Pirtard and Deoghar areas.
Officer in charge Yogendra Singh while informing the pioneer over phone .He said that as per the revelations made by the arrested criminals, there were 3 more persons who were part of the gang involved in incidents of motorcycle loot. Police are conducting raids to nab the persons whose names have been revealed by the criminals, the O/C added.