In a major achievement by Ranchi Police, CM’s Press Adviser’s vehicle looted from posh Ashok Nagar area on June 15, has finally been recovered from Bihar’s Siwan district. According to Police, inter-state criminals were behind the loot and two persons have been held in the case while three others are still at large.
CM’s Press Adviser Yoegsh Kislay’s ‘Innova’ car had been looted from posh Ashok Nagar area on June 15, following which efforts were being made to recover the car following the arrest of two persons from a Ranchi hotel June 22. A Special Investigating Team (SIT) had been formed by SSP Ranchi headed by City SP Kaushal Kishore to look into the matter.
“We have recovered the vehicle from a garage in Siwan District of Bihar on the basis of the tip-off given by two suspects Praveen Yashwant Dhadi of Mumbai in Maharashtra and Rajesh Kumar Singh hailing from Patna,” said SSP Kuldeep Dwivedi. Both the criminals had been arrested from Ganesh Hotel at Station Road in Ranchi on June 22, added the SSP.
According to Dwivedi, they accepted their indulgence in the loot during interrogation and also admitted that they have an international gang comprising several other criminals of form Bihar, Jharkhand and Maharashtra.
“They also informed during interrogation that the looted vehicle has been shifted to one of their contacts in Siwan which was to be sold out there after finalizing the price money,” the SSP said. The police without losing any time, left for Siwan along with the two arrested persons and conducted raid on the said garage, but the garage owner succeeded in fleeing from the spot, he added.
“Number plate of the vehicle has been changed, while engine and chassis number were also being removed from it,” said the SSP.