Jamshedpur, Jan 31: The police on Sunday arrested four criminals who were wanted in connection with a case of loot committed near the Indian Oil Corporation’s petrol pump at Mango. The incident took place on the night of January 22.
The looters identified as Mohammed Taufique Khan alias Baccha (22), Naim Khan alias Banti Khan (24) Sheikh Arif and Sheikh Ibadat, also injured the victim Rajnish Kumar Jha by stabbing at night.
A resident of Mango, Jha (40) is a staff at the Bebco Company in Gamharia and had fallen victim to the looters while he was returning home on foot at about 11.15 pm on January 22 night, when the incident took place.
During the probe it was found that the victim had got down at the Sitaramdera bus terminus from a bus and was returning home. As he was passing through the petrol pump, the four criminals surrounded him and demanded the money-purse and mobile set.
A police party had later rescued the victim and got him admitted at the MGM Medical College Hospital. Later the police had registered a case against four unidentified criminals on the statement made by the victim on January 24.
