Five criminals held, arms seized in two different cases

Hazaribag: Police achieved two major successes on Friday by making breakthroughs in several cases related to extremism, Hazaribag SP Anjani Anjan said. In the first case, he said that Awadesh Kumar, alias Prashant, and Panchu Lohri of Chatra were arrested in connection with the firing at BGR company of Keredari and Chatti Bariatu Colliery.He said, "These individuals were allegedly involved in firing on the BGR company, Keredari mine, and torching two BGR company vehicles on June 1."These individuals were involved in looting and extorting money from the outsourcing company to create panic in the NTPC coal belt.The SP added that Atik Ganjhu, Jeevan Ganjhu, Dari Ganjhu, and Roshan Ganjhu, all from Lavalong village of Chatra, were arrested."Police also seized an AR-154 rifle, an American rifle, 7.62mm live cartridges, several country-made pistols, several country-made AR rifles, and a large number of ammunition from them," he said.In another case, Barabazar police officer in-charge, Bittu Rajak, and SDPO (headquarter), Amit Kumar Anand, conducted a raid at the Jain Mandir Lane and seized a large cache of arms from the Srivastav gang members.Police have arrested Mohammad Arif Khan and Sheru Khan of the gang of Ramgarh. "The police seized Rs 1.40 lakh, several arms, and four magazines from them. All the arrested persons were produced before the Chief Judicial Magistrate and sent to the jail," said SP.
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