6 days ago
Two arrested with brown sugar in Chatra
Chatra: Two individuals were arrested with a consignment of brown sugar worth Rs 60 lakh near a football ground in Giddhaur block headquarters on Sunday. Police also seized an electronic weighing machine and five mobile phones of different companies from the spot.
Based on a tip-off received by Chatra SP Sumit Kumar Agarwal, the team of Gidhaur police, formed under the leadership of Simaria SDPO Shubham Kumar Khandelwal, arrested the smugglers by conducting a raid near the football ground. However, the mastermind of the gang whom the police refused to name managed to escape from the spot. Police are conducting raids to arrest him.
The arrested accused are Abhimanyu Kumar Saw, a resident of Gidhaur Teli Tola, and Nitesh Kumar, alias Triveni, alias Veni, a resident of Naukadih village of Jogiara under Pratappur police station limits. Agarwal said that during the police operation, the mastermind of the gang managed to escape from the spot. He said that the absconding smuggler has been identified. The team is continuously raiding all possible hideouts for his arrest.
