A criminal who is behind the bar in Chas jail, demanded a huge ransom of `20 lakh from five local businessmen in Bokaro. Police have arrested one accused in this connection while the other two are still at large.
According to the police, Amit Gupta who is currently behind the bars in Chas jail in the case of kidnapping a youth in 2013 has now demanded `20 lakhs ransom from five businessmen through SMS.
"For ransom the criminal used mobile number 9102967595 on October 30 and threaten to kill them if the ransom amount not paid. The SIM card which was used for ransom call has been issued on fake ID of an Army cop", added police.
With the help of technical cell, police arrested Bhupendra Singh alias Dakua, resident of Bansgora of Siwandih. During interrogation he spilled out the beans in front of the police.
In his statement Bhupendra said that Vivek Agarwal gave mobile numbers of the businessmen to Amit while Rajesh Chakarborty, a seller of mobile SIM card had given him the two SIM card against the fake ID of an Army cop Gopal Kumar Singh, police said. "We are investigating the case. Police are on hunt to nab Rajesh and Vivek," said SP Bokaro.
In another incident, Chas police solved a murder mystery of a 18 year youth Tinku Swarnkar (23), resident of Machhalipatti Chas. He was shot dead by the criminals on 28 October. His body was recovered from a field, hided in Thermocol scrape.
Police arrested Chhotu Swarnkar, Ajay Barat and Yudhisthir Digar the mastermind of the killing and recovered one 9 mm pistol, 2 live bullets, one used cartridge, one magazine and a motorcycle of the deceased from their possession.