Palamu police cracked a case of road crime within record four hours on Wednesday after they nabbed three people involved in a crime. Police also seized cash and the bike used in the crime. The Pioneer spoke to the DSP PR Barwar to take note of this case who then asked the OC Sadar police station HC Pathak to give the details. According to Pathak, three road robbers on one bike of green colour robbed two people from a coal laden truck at Pokhraha petrol pump on the intervening night of May 3 & 4.
The police officer said the driver Anirudh was made to cough up 7,400 rupees while from the cleaner Mazhar Alam the road robbers took away 2,000 rupees. Anirudh and Mazhar were given thrashing by the road robbers too, said the police.
Acting swift, the police team led by Pathak reached the spot around 12.15 the same night and began searching the three and the bike and in just 4 hours time the police was able to catch the three along with the bike and the cash worth 5,500 rupees.
The three were shown arrested on May 5 and on Wednesday they were presented before the media in the press briefing of PR Barwar from where they were remanded in judicial custody. The 3 arrested have been identified as Vishnu Kumar Ram, Randheer alias Rinku and Pintu Kumar.
The police got the success due to one petrol pump guard where the two trucks were parked who identified one of the three looting and beating the driver Anirudh said the OC Pathak.