Hazaribagh police has nabbed four persons extracting levy in the name of Tritiya Prastuti Committee (TPC) from a hatchery owner of Morangi, sadar block on Wednesday morning. Police have also recovered six mobile sets and 12 sim from them.
In a Press conference on Wednesday SP Bhimsen Tuti said that one of the arrested person Prakash Kumar Mehta threatened Shankar Kumar Mehta, the hatchery
owner, on cell phone in the name of TPC and demanded Rs5 lakh as levy on evening of August 14.
Shankar immediately informed about this call to the Muffassil police station. After getting information a team of officials and jawans was formed under the leadership of DSP 1 Chandan Kumar Vats.
Tuti said that due to the best efforts of the team, all the four members of the gang were nabbed within 24 hours. All the arrested persons have confessed their crime. The gang leader Prakash is the cousin brother of Shankar.
Police has arrested Sanjay Kumar Mehta, Pankaj Kumar Mehta, Prem Sagar Mehta and Prakash Kumar Mehta. First three are residents of Donaikala village of Ichak block while Prakash is of Morangi. They have recently formed a gang. Pre Sagar was in TPC for some days but now they have no connection with the ultras outfit. All the arrested persons were produced in the court by the police. The court has sent them in judicial custody for 14 days.