An inter-state gang of robbers was busted and 5 NH robbers were remanded in judicial custody on Saturday by Palamu police who were caught on Friday August 3. Stated SP Palamu, Indrajeet Mahatha.
The SP in his press briefing here said this gang had looted a van loaded with jamun fruits on NH 98 on June 10 and had sped to Bihar Aurangabad’s Nabinagar where the gang had dismantled the looted van while the jamun fruits were distributed free among the rich and the poor at village Pokhra Janakpur in Nabinagar from where came Babulal Chowdhur the kingpin of this NH 98 robbers gang.
The 5 arrested and jailed are Babulal, Manish, Nanku, Sabir and lallan Singh. Five of this gang are still at large said the SP. Police have got their names too but revelation of it will hamper course of action said SP.
Palamu police retrieved its dismantled van and cell phone of the van’s driver which was looted on NH 98 on June 10 at Sultanee Ghatee.
SP added further the gang used to loot four-wheeler on NH 98 and has had crime history since 2015 wherein the looted vehicle was cut and sold in Nabinagar of Bihar’s Aurangabad police station.
SDPO Chhaterpur Shambhu Kumar Singh said the gang used to hide looted van right behind Nabinagar police station and then in a garage right in front of this police station the looted vehicle was cut and sold.
SDPO further said the jamuns that this gang looted along with the pickup van was distributed as freebies among the villagers under Nabinagar police station and when our police got this scent of freebies being so distributed our police got on the trail
of this gang and it was finally cracked and busted as the leader of the gang Babu lal Chowdhury is finally behind bars in Jharkhand Daltonganj’s central jail now. It took time as the case got cracked on August 3 said sources.
It is an interstate criminal gang wich not only operated in Palamu but has had too many cases in Bihar as well added SP.