The Bokaro police on Thursday evening claimed to have busted a gang of robbers ,who looted people at different place of Bokaro and other districts at gunpoint, and arrested five of its members .For allegedly loot planning at Bokaro as many as five criminals on way to Bokaro via Jaridih on an Innova car on Thursday, said Y.S. Ramesh ,Superintendent of police Bokaro.
The Jaridih police got a tip –off that they were coming towards the Jaridih side ,said O/C of Jaridih police station Radha Rani ,while briefing the pioneer.
According to police sources, the DSP HQ Ajay Kumar, DY SP Bokaro Ajay Kumar, CCR DY SP Rajatmani Bakhala,Officer-in charge Radha Rani ,Anil Singh ,Arun Kumar MMP Sinha and other police forces ,on the directions of Bokaro SP Y.S Ramesh ,installed a special naka (checking) near Tardbalidih with in the jurisdiction of Jaridih police station and started checking all the vehicles passing through that road ,sources said .
When the white Innova reached the point at around 4pm, the cops deployed there, signaled it to top, but one of them who driving the car did not do so .He tried to run by hitting the barricades with high speed .While doing so, he lost control over the vehicle which went off the road after and stopped .When the cops tried to go near the Innova car for checking ,all the occupants came out and started firing at them .However they failed to target any of the cops .Then they run away towards different direction s.But the police succeeded in catching two of them ,DY SP HQ Ajay Kumar said.
Sources said that their three aides managed to flee towards forest area taking advantage of darkness .Meanwhile Bokaro SP ,Y.S Ramesh reached the spot and carried out the operation his own direction and succeeded in catching rest of them.
The arrested have been identified as Md Tabrez alias Tuddu, Alam Ansari, Abdul Ansari ,Vashir Ansari and Arun Kumar all residents of Patratu,Ramgrah and Ormanjhi Ranchi .The police allegedly recovered two pistols ,two desi katta from their possession ,They were involved in dozen cases of loot on national and state highways .The police have also detected dozens cases of loot, dacoities and extortions were registered against them with different police stations , SP said .
The police are interrogating them to ascertain whether they were involved in the recent robberies in Bokaro as well.