A gang in Pithoria is seeking commission from land traders by using muscle power. ‘Jharkhand Badshah Gang’ pasted posters in the area on Sunday demanding commission on each land sale. The police have seized the posters and the matter is being investigated.
In Loharia Pada Mohalla of Pithoria Police Station area on Sunday morning, some posters with a warning in the name of ‘Jharkhand Badshah Gang’ were attached to some electric polls. In these posters land brokers have been threatened that they must pay some money as commission to the gang or face consequences. The request is that they will have to pay a commission of Rs 5,000 per dismil and there was threats also that if the land broker do not pay commission then they will have to suffer.
The name and mobile number of the kingpin have also been written in this poster. The Police detained Manuel Bhengra, the supremo of the gang and interrogated about the posters on the basis of his mobile number 6207031034. Due to this, those people who do business of purchasing and selling of land are panic-struck.
The villagers saw this poster issued in the name of Jharkhand Badshah Gang in the morning and informed the Police about it. A Police team of Pithoria Police Station reached the spot and recovered the posters from the electric poles. Pithoria Police Station In-charge, Vinod Ram assured the local people that there was nothing to fear.
“Police will soon arrest those who committed such mischief and strict legal action will be taken against them,” he added.