Acting on a tip-off, the police arrested two criminals by raiding places in Jawaharnagar under Mango police station area in the wee hours of Thursday.
Those arrested have been identified as Hameed Raza (35), a resident of Kapali in the adjoining Seraikela-Kharawan area and the other one as Mantu Singh alias Baccha (28), a resident of Bawangora in Azadnagar.
The police have recovered a loaded pistol from the possession of Mantu. Officer-in-charge, Mango police station, Fulan Nath said that acting on a tip off they nabbed the criminals. He said that the arrested criminals are being grilled for their reason for carrying pistol.
Raza, wanted in connection with a gun-shot assault case was hiding at a house on Road No 15 in Jawaharnagar.
The officer-in-charge said that Raza has a criminal past. He has a number of cases and that the East Singhbhum district administration had even imposed Crime Control Act against him two years ago. Raza was presently on bail for the cases pending against him with the Mango, Ulidih, MGM and Azadnagar police station area.
Speaking about the other arrest, the officer-in-charge said that Mantu is also a noted criminal and wanted in connection with loot, snatching and Arms act. Nath said that Mantu was arrested with pistol from near his house at Bawangora in Mango this morning and that they are also conducting raids to nab the gang members related to him.