The Palamu police have arrested a house owner who had rented his two room house to criminals, despite knowing there criminals’ records and hide the fact from local Panki police said SP Palamu Chandan Kumar Sinha. The Palamu SP revealed the fact a press conference in Daltonganj.
SP said that police have arrested and jailed Kirit Singh today who rented his two room house to criminals. The house owner not even bothered to get the aadhar card of criminals before renting his house.
The SP said that the house owner knew about the background of his tenants but concealed the fact from local police.
The tenants used to offer Singh free liquor every day and the rent of the two rooms which could have fetched 1,000 rupees a month utmost, made Singh to get four fold high rent of it. The three criminals who were rented out the house were of member of most dreaded Korha gang of Bihar’s Katihar district. The arrested criminals were identified as Dilip, Rahul and Sunil. Dilip and Rahul come from Korha in Katihar while Sunil is of Chhattisgarh.
SP said police have arrested a lady government functionary a Sahiya Rinki Devi who was instrumental in everything for the gang. She has been remanded in judicial custody along with house owner and three criminals of Korha gang.
Rinki Devi Sahiya a widow and the kingpin of the Korha gang Basudev Nut a widower are in live in relation over the last eight years and this Sahiya is the eyes and ears of the gang, said SP. Police recovered 19, 880 cash , two stolen bikes, 5 cell phones and tool to open bike dickey. The police also recovered itching powder.
The Korha gang used to throw the itching powder on the bank customers and then in their off guard moment decamped with their cash.
A village woman Kiran Devi became the victim of itching powder only to lose her cash worth 40,000 rupees which she had withdrawn on December 23 from the SBI branch in Panki.
One H R Ansari who had withdrawn 90,000rupees from the SBI branch Panki was made to lose his cash when this gang broke upon his bike dickey on December 10. The head of this Korha gang Basudev is at large and is said to be operative here in Palamu over the last 7 or 8 years. Panki police cracked this case quite professionally.