Criminals involved in various cases arrested in Jharkhand

Three criminals involved in several chain-snatching and dacoity incidents were arrested on Tuesday, police said.

Acting on a tip-off that inter-district criminal Arman Bacha has visited his family in Azadnagar, a special police team raided his house and arrested him, SP Amol V Homkar said. Arman, a notorious criminal, was operating in East and West Singhbhum and Seraikela-Kharswan district and was wanted by police in three dacoity incidents, he said.

Incidentally, on Saturday three of Bacha's gang members, Md Arif Rehman alias STF, Sarfraz Alam and Faraz Khan, were arrested from Azadnagar police station area.

In another incident, the special police team arrested two members of a gang engaged in bike-snatching incidents here, Homkar said.

The team conducted raid in Jugsalai and arrested Vishwakarma Ram and Md Feku of the gang and seized one loaded revolver, six cartridges, two stolen motorcycles, one ATM card and driving licenses, he said.