PATNA: Four criminals were arrested with arms and ammunition from different locations under Bochaha police station in
Muzaffarpur
district and recovered nine looted bikes on their confession on Sunday.
The recovered bikes were looted from Bochaha, Gaighat and Kanti police station areas of the district. Two of the arrested criminals were also involved in Rs1.4 lakh loot from a financial firm under Runnisaidpur police station in neighbouring Sitamarhi district almost a week back.
Bochaha police station SHO Puran Kumar Jha, who is a probationer IPS officer, said on Monday that the arrested criminals were identified as Avinash Kumar alias Manjay Kumar, Pawan Kumar, Dharmendra Kumar alias Mintu and Mohammad Riyaz. Jha said Avinash and Pawan with four others were involved in the Runnisaidpur loot case.
“They committed crime in Bochaha, Gaighat and Kanti and used to sell the stolen bikes in West Champaran and East Champaran,” he said. “The gang is new. Police came to know about the gang after a bike was looted on NH-57 on February 29. Avinash and Pawan were nabbed with two looted bikes, two country-made pistols, two magazines and Rs30,000 near Bochaha High School,” he said.
Jha said the duo told the police about Dharmendra and Riyaz. “Riyaz used to ask for bikes with specific colours on customers’ demand. Dharmendra used to ask Avinash and Pawan to loot bikes as per the demands,” the SHO said.
He said the gang leader was still at large and police are also trying to ascertain the owners of recovered vehicles.
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