Miscreant arrested for trying to rob postman

A miscreant was today arrested while attempting to loot a postman in a post-office located in the premises of National Metallurgical Laboratory under Burmamines police station here.

The accused, Ramkrishna Mahato, a resident of Galudih Barrage colony under Galudih police station in Ghatsila sub-division, entered the post-office and tried to rob postman Pramod Kumar at gun point, said Senior Superintendent of Police, Anoop T Mathew.

Kumar resisted the move and raised an alarm, which alerted the traffic in-charge of Jugsalai police station Kuldeep Kumar and three constables passing through the area, he said.

Mathew said the police caught Mahato later on from a house on Dispensary Road, where he had hidden.