Daltonganj police on Saturday arrested a youth with an illicit arms — a pistol and three ammo of 315 bore, dSP Prabhat Ranjan Barwar informed. The youth was identified as Jai Prakash Shukla, a resident of Paton block but he was staying in the Housing Colony at Bairya More, the DSP said.
He was remanded in judicial custody on Saturday. Shukla is a confirmed criminal as he was jailed in an attempt to murder case in Garhwa. He had tried to kill a businessman Anil Jaiswal last year, the Barwar added.
He was released on bail in December last year and now, he has started extracting money. He is said to be an accomplice of a veteran gangster Vikas Dubey Shukla, police informed.