Kumar Rajiv Nayan
Ara : Police, on a tip off, arrested five members of an inter-state gang including its the kingpin Preetam Yadav along with firearms, ammunition, and a stolen car.
The arrested criminals were identified as Umesh Singh alias Patthar, son of Amrendra Singh of Semrao Tola under Charpokhari police station, Preetam Yadav, son of late Raj Kishor Yadav of Karnaul Chandi under Charpokhari police station, Mishra Yadav, son of Neelam Kumar Singh of Vishambhara under Agiao police station, Suraj Kumar Gupta, son Bijay Sah of Bahadurpur under Agiao police station, and Ajit Kumar Yadav, son of Hare Ram Singh of Behara under Udwantnagar police station. Police seized two pistols, 15 live cartridges of 7.65 caliber, six mobile phoness, one blank cartridge, key like screw drivers, a white car, and Rs 5,900 cash from their possession.
Bhojpur SP Aditya Kumar said that he got information March 21, 2019, that a notorious criminal Umesh Kumar along with his associates was hatching a conspiracy to commit crime on Ara-Sasaram main road in the afternoon moving in a white colour car with fire arms and ammunition. The SP said that he formed a police team that immediately swung into action and arrested five miscreants and seized arms and ammunition. He further said that all the arrested persons had criminal antecedents and were involved in murder, loot, bank dacoity cases in Bhojpur district.