The Iron Mafioso and the terror of the city, Ilyas Choudhary, who was brought on transit remand by Bokaro police from Murshidabad (WB), has been sent for 14 days judicial custody by a Bokaro court.
The Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) of Bokaro Court, Virendra Kumar Tewary, ordered for his judicial custody on Tuesday noon. Ilyas was arrested by West Bengal police in Murshidabad on June 16, brought on transit remand by the Bokaro Police on June 17.
“Ilyas, a resident of lalkhand village and Raghunath Manda, Murshidabad district of WB, was wanted in more than 16 cases related to theft and arms act at Bokaro Steel City”, said DIG Koylanchal D B Sharan.
“He was involved in huge iron theft and smuggling from Bokaro Steel Plant since 1987”, said the DIG. "Besides Bokaro his illegal businesses are spread over Assam, Muzaffarpur (Bihar) and in Sahebganj,” he further added. “Our investigating is on”, said the DIG.