Hazaribagh police arrested two road robbers who had looted a Maruti car and cash from a resident of Gaya district of Bihar on July 27 and cash from the passengers of a car in another incident near national park which took place on July 28 from Chouparan and Padma blocks of the district on Monday.
SP Anup Birthare gave this information in a Press conference held here on Monday.
Talking to mediapersons, SP said after the loot of car no. BR 01E 6530 near Chouparan, he had constituted a team of officials of Barhi, Chouparan and Padma police stations to investigate the case. Next day the same gang again looted cash from the passengers of a Tata Magic car near National Park area of Hazaribagh, then included the OIC of Ichak police station also in that team. Police had lodged case no. 165/17 and 129/17 in Chouparan and Ichak police stations.
DSP Barhi Avinash Kumar got an information that the looted car has been seen in Nawadih village of Padma block. On Monday morning the team led by DSP Kumar raided at Nawadih Kala village and recovered the looted car and mobile of the car owner. The team arrested Chote lal Kumar Mehta, son of Chetlal Mahto, first from Padma and then on his information nabbed Santosh Kumar Mehta, son of Prem Prasad Mehta from Chouparan.
Both road robbers have confessed that they were in both robberies and their four group members have left the place after these incidents. Other four members of this gang are the residents of Sasaram district of Bihar and Hazaribagh police is in touch with Bihar police to nab them. He hoped that soon all culprits will be behind the bars. SP Birthare also informed that the gang leader is of Bihar and a team of police official has already departed to Sasaram to arrest him along with other members.
In this police team led by DSP Avinash Kumar, OIC Ichak Suresh Ram, OIC Barhi Manjit Kumar, OIC Padma Birendra Hansda and OIC Chouparan Sudama Kumar Das were the members. The police team has also seized the mobile phones of both road robbers which will help them in tracing the other culprits. The Superintendent of Police said that the arrested c riminals are notorious and they have been involved in a number of criminal activities in and around Hazaribagh district. He also said that many criminals cases are supposed to be unravelled with their arrest. People of the area are going to get sigh of relief. It should be noted here that loot and dacoity had become common phenomenon in recent days.