3 looters held, ganja, gold recovered

Varanasi: Sigra police on Friday busted a gang of looters and arrested three of its members including the kingpin who carried a reward of Rs 25,000 on his head.
Large quantities of ganja, looted gold and a stolen motorcycle were also recovered.
According to reports, Sigra SSP Prabhakar Chowdhary had engaged police teams to investigate recent incidents of chain snatching and road hold-ups in the city. Acting on a tip-off about the movement of a gang of looters on Lahartara-Manduadih Road, the police teams raided the place and managed to nab two members of the gang.
The two arrested were identified as Manoj Shukla, who was wanted in 28 criminal cases and carried a reward of Rs 25,000, and his aide Lalu Thathera alias Bala Lakhandar. The police recovered 21.4 kg ganja and a stolen motorcycle from them.
During interrogation, the duo revealed the name of the third gang member, after which Raju Seth alias Sohanlal Seth, resident of Ausangang locality in Jaitpura area, was also arrested. Raju used to melt the golden ornaments stolen or snatched by Manoj and Lalu. Five pieces of gold prepared after melting the golden chains were recovered from him.
SSP Chowdhary announced a cash prize of Rs 25,000 for the Sigra police team.