After rap on knuckles the Ranchi Police has slowly tightened the noose around petty criminals and arrested three miscreants, including one minor, allegedly involved in robbery on highways on Wednesday. The criminals were arrested on Ranchi-lohardaga road during a checking drive in the afternoon.
The people arrested- Anup Sahi, a resident of Srinagar Kamre Colony under Ratu Police Staton and Sahbaj Ansari of Mandar- are said to have confessed their involvement in snatching incident that took place on July 27.
The incident had happened on Ring Road in which around Rs 30,000 was snatched from an employee of Spandan Sfurti Finance Company. Police recovered one country made pistol, two sets of 8mm bullet, one mobile, two cans of aerosol and one motorcycle allegedly used for crime.
“The aerosol was used to make the victim lose sight for a moment and during the brief period the miscreants use to snatch money, belonging of the victim,” informed SSP Ranchi Saket Kumar Singh.
Meanwhile, Ranchi SSP informed that enough security arrangements have been made for Eid as the department has received adequate enforcements to keep a tab on trouble makers. “We will deploy Magistrates, Police forces including women constables in several parts of the city on the day of Eid,” added Singh.