The Padma Police has arrested four criminals from Padma-Itkhori road and has recovered four pistols from them.
Padma officer in-charge (OIC) Abhas Kumar said all the arrested persons were residents of Ormanjhi, in Ranchi, and history-sheeters. According to the OIC, Tayab Ansari, Ashok Baitha, Sajid Ansari and Aneesh Ansari were planning a crime near Yadav line Hotel.
When police team reached the spot, the gang tried its best to escape but after long chase, the police team managed to capture them. DSP Barhi Vinod Kumar Sinha interrogated them and confirmed that they all are known criminals and they were planning for road robbery.