Garhwa Police arrested nine persons from the city bus stand on Tuesday for alleged extortion of money from buses. Police have recovered more than Rs 35,000 and six mobile phones from them.
According to Garhwa Superintendent of Police Mohammed Arshi, a team of Garhwa police led by SDPO Sameer Tirkey acting on a tip off raided the bus stand and arrested nine persons.
The arrested persons have been identified as Safrel Alam , Santosh Tiwari, Rajesh Chandravanshi, Salahu Khan, Arbind Kumar, Mohammed Jahangir Ansari, Firoj, Pradeep Pandey and Nagendra Tiwari.
The SP said that extortion money from the buses was going to the criminals and police will take strong action against such type of extortion.
In another breakthrough, Nagar Untari police arrested three miscreants from the Koljhiki and Koindi village under same police station on Tuesday.
The SP informed that a villager of Koindi village Upendra Yadav was feeding buffalos in the forest when he was attacked by three criminals who took him hostage. Criminals demanded `50,000 ransom from his family. later, his father lalji Yadav met the criminals with villagers and somehow brought him at home.
After receiving information police arrested three miscreants in the connection while one fled, SP added.
Police also recovered one country made pistol, one live cartridge and three snatched mobile phones from them.
The arrested persons have been identified as Mohammed Najir Ansari, Jairaj Bhuiyan and Nandlal Bhuiyan all residents of village Koljhiki and Koindi under Nagar Untari police station.