The Narayanpur police busted coal theft racket in the Nawadih block by arrested four persons and seizing 15 motorbikes here on Sunday afternoon, police said.
The arrested accused have been identified as Abdul Ansari of Narayanpur village, Idrish Ansari belonging to Balidih ,Mustiqum and Binod Mishra of Chandankiyari area .They used motorbikes for stealing illegal coal from different CCl mines and sell them at coke plant in Nawadih and NH-2.
While carrying out our regular patrolling in Kodwadih forest area in Nawadih block on Sunday, two of our officials found twenty to thirty of the accused riding motorbikes with illegal coal and were coming towards Kodwadih forest area .They got suspicious and asked them to show the coal and bike documents .When they failed to do so, they brought them to the police station .But some one fled from the spot after leaving their motorbikes, said SDPO, Rajkumar Mehta.
During questioning, we learnt that the coal was stolen from Govindpur mines, said officer-in charge Ghuma Kisku. On further investigation, the accused gave the name of the others accused. The raid was conducted after Bokaro S.P. Y.S. Ramesh received information about the illegal mining and its transportation in the area.
Y.S. Ramesh said the raids were conducted in the bordering area of Giridih acting on information .Policemen deployed on the boarding areas have been altered to catch the workers ferrying illegal coal in bicycles .