B N Singh “Pappan”

Saharsa :  Police on May 8, 2021, arrested four criminals from the bank of a canal near Gobargarha under Sadar police station (PS) in Saharsa District in North Bihar  when they were planning a major crime. Police also recovered firearms including a 7.65mm pistol and live cartridges from their possession. Police also seized two bikes and 5 mobile phones.

Giving detail of the police operation, Saharsa SP Lipi Singh that police had received information that 7-8 criminals had gathered at canal near Gobargarha and were planning a major crime. The SP said that soon after receiving the information a team was constituted under SDPO, Saharsa, Santosh Kumar, which arrested the four criminals and quizzed them. On the revelation of four arrested criminals, police arrested two more criminals under Kishanpur PS in Supaul District and one under Sada PS, Saharsa. Police, in all, arrested 7 criminals.

SP Lipi Singh said that all the arrested criminals had criminal antecedents and had been jailed too in the past. The arrested criminals include Abhijit Kumar of Garh Baruari in Supaul District, Purushottam Kumar and Om Prakash Yadav of Kishanpur in Supaul, Mukesh Kumar, Neeraj Kumar, of Bihra in Saharsa District, Abhishekh Kumar of Bhelwa under Sadar PS, Saharsa, and Utkarsh Kumar of Gangjala, Saharsa.  The SP said that 9 cases were pending against Abhijit Kumar while three cases were pending against Abhishekh Kumar.