Ranchi: Police have arrested four members of the notorious Sujit Sinha gang for allegedly making extortion calls to traders in Ranchi.
The ones who have been arrested are Rintu Singh, Priyanka Kumari Singh, Ankit Pratap Singh and Vikas Singh. Seven mobile phones, debit card, gold chain and aadhaar cards have been seized from them.
Ranchi SSP Surindra Jha said on Sunday, “We were receiving reports that members of Sujit Sinha gang were active in different districts of the state and making extortion calls to traders, contractors and land dealers. They were threatening to kill the businessmen if they failed to pay.”
A team led by DSP Neeraj Kumar raided various places in Ranchi and arrested four accused in this connection, the SSP said, adding that investigation in the case was underway.
In another development, police have arrested three persons for murdering 22-year-old Abu Talah under Itki police station of Ranchi district on April 8.
The arrested persons are Abu Lesh Alam, Md Kaif and Araslan Anjar.
Talah was thrashed to death with stone near Urdu Girl’s High School. The police had registered a case under sections 302 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code and formed a team under Bedo DSP Rajat Manik Barla to investigate the case.
Speaking to media persons on Sunday, Rural SP Naushad Alam said, “The murder was carried out owing to personal enmity. Kaif was accused of theft in another case registered under the Mandar police station.”