Bokaro police officials have arrested a hardcore criminal of the district, Md Akhtar alias Dasish alias Shamir, from Tarbalidih on Sunday night. He was having dinner in a hotel. Police arrested him on the spot and seized one loaded local made pistol, two country made pistols and cartridges from the criminal. Police also recovered two motorbikes,77 mobiles,(new and old),12 tabs, three finger scanner, one swap machine, one calculator, one watch and one home theater from him, said SP Bokaro P Murugan.
The SP produced the arrested criminal in a Press conference on Monday in his office chamber. He said that Md Akhtar alias Dasish had gone jail three times from 2008 to 2015. After coming out, he again got involved in suspicious activities. Bokaro thermal police were keeping a close eye on his activities and finally, Bokaro police arrested him.
The SP said that Danish is a resident of 12 no of Jarandih area of Bermo block of the district. He is the master mind behind many finance company agents robberies of the district. He was also involved in looting of more than a dozen agents of Bokaro, Hazaribagh, Ramgarh and Giridih and is named accused in the FIRs lodged.
Dasish was a simple local worker in the Jarandih coal belt of the district. Initially he stepped in the crime of small road robberies in that area and then became a hardcore criminal. On Sunday, he was planning for a big crime with his associates in the hotel when police team reached there.
The SP said that he had disclosed some important information, facts and the name of criminals who are involved in different cases in different districts. He further said that they will form a team to trace the criminals. Those police Officials who were in involved in his arresting were Inspector cum Officer-in Charge of Bokaro thermal police station Umesh Kumar Thakur, Marafari police in-Charge Pramod Kumar Panday, Gomia police Inspector Radheshyam Das, Jaridih Circle Police Inspector 'Jaridih PS in-Charge Punam Kujur, Peterwar police in-Charge,Bipin Kumar and Gomia Officer-in Charge Anil Oraon.