Police on Thursday claimed that the inter-State gang of vehicle lifters was cracked with arrest of five of the national highway vehicle lifters. However, six other members, including the kingpin Eqbal Khan, are still at large, police said.
Sources said Palamu SP Patel Mayur Kanhaiya lal and Garhwa SP A Priyadarshi had set up a joint team led by Palamu DSP Heeralal Ravi and Garhwa DSP Premnath.
DSP Ravi told the media the five arrested are Mannu Chowdhury, Arvind Chowdhury, Sadeek Ansari Edu Pawwarya and lal Bahadur Chowdhury. All the members of the gang hail from Garwah.
Six, who are at large, include the kingpin Eqbal Khan and gangster Tata Ka Kabaree, alias Sajid, alias Sahid, whose job is to get the looted vehicle dismantled in no time. DSP Ravi told The Pioneer “The remaining six will also be arrested soon.”
Eqbal Khan was earlier arrested and lodged in Garhwa jail in other case.