Ranchi police on Thursday claimed to have achieved major successes even as it nabbed eight criminals in connection with three major crimes, including kidnapping of a seven year-old boy.
SSP Ranchi Anis Gupta stated that police solved a very sensitive and challenging case when it rescued seven-year son of Chatrapal Mishra of Ganganagar from Chituadaag village on Thursday morning. He said three persons including Shivanand Oroan, Anil Kumar Lakra and Rajesh Kumar Tudu were arrested this connection and a loaded country-made pistol, a cartridge and five mobile phones were recovered from them.
The criminals had kidnapped the boy from the Sukhdeonagar police station area on December 24. He added that a team comprising two ASP’s and several DSPs were engaged in the operation.
“Among the kidnappers was a labourer who had worked in Mishra’s house earlier. They had demanded a ransom of Rs 40 lakhs to release the victim,” the SP said.
He informed that following information regarding presence of kidnappers at Lodhma-Dhurwa police carried out a night-long operation in the area on Wednesday night. Following another tip off the police recovered the boy near a primary school in Chituadaag village.
He said all three accused have criminal antecedent adding they used to extort money in the name of extremist organisation PLFI.
The SSP further stated that three persons including a minor have been nabbed in connection with murder of Rajan Tirkey under Sukhdeonagar police station area. The arrested persons include Shivam Choudhary and Ashwani Kumar.
The SSP said Tirkey was murdered over love affair with a girl adding his cousin who is a minor was alsoinvolved in removing evidences of crime.
It may be noted here that half-burnt body of victim was found near Daldali pond in Ranchi last Tuesday. Local people had blocked the busy Piska More to protest the incident.
Gupta said police have arrested two persons namely Mujjakir Ansari and Md Munnawar in connection with Yogendra Sao’s murder under the Tupudana police station area last Monday.
Acting on a tip off, a police team raided the Baalsiring hilly area and nabbed the criminals. A country-made pistol, three live cartridges, an empty cartridge and a bike was recovered from them.
The SSP said the victim and the accused persons were engaged in extortion adding that dispute over share of the money led to the crime.