Hazaribagh police have foiled a loot attempt of a petrol pump situated on NH2 in the area of Barhi police station and arrested six criminals late on Sunday night. SP Bheemsen Tuti said in a press conference here on Monday. Police recovered two country made revolvers, 13 live cartridges, 6 mobile phones and two country made pistols from the arrested criminals.
Tuti informed that last night the team of Barhi PS was on patrolling duty as usual. Near a petrol pump the team saw some persons in suspicious state. They watched their activity and found that gradually six persons assembled there and proceeded towards the nearby petrol pump.
The police team followed them and as it entered in the premises of that petrol pump the criminals started running away from there. Police team chased them and after some distance it nabbed all the six criminals. When searched the police team recovered pistols, revolvers and cartridges from them.
The arrested criminals were brought to Barhi police station where they were identified as Md. Santul, Md. Shoaib and Md. Azhar of Doranda Ranchi, Md. Monu and Chintu Kumar of Barhi Hazaribagh and Md. Meraz of Katkamsandi Hazaribagh.
Tuti said that all the arrested criminals have previous records of crime. They had confessed their involvement in other cases also. Detailed investigation is going on and it can be hoped that many unsolved cases will be solved soon.