Six criminals with arms and ammunition were arrested while planning to commit dacoity in the steel city here, the police today said.
Acting on an information that some criminals have assembled near Kapali bustee under Sonari police station last night, Senior Superintendent of Police Anoop T Mathew constituted a team headed by Deputy Superintendent of Police, (HQ 2) Amar Kumar Pandey, to arrest them.
Addressing a press conference here, Mathew said the team cordoned off the area near a Kali Temple in Kapali bustee and conducted the raid.
Six criminals, who were planning to commit dacoity, were arrested, he said adding, the police have seized two pistols, four country-made guns, 14 live cartridges of different bores and three mobile phones from their possession.
The arrested criminals have been identified as Samir Sardar, Sheru Sardar, Vikas Singh, Sushil Kerai, Babu Lodi (all residents of Sonari police station limits) and Konda Soy, a resident of Bistupur, Mathew said.
He said a case has been registered under sections 399, 400, 402 IPC and 25 (I-B)A/26/35 Arms Act against them.
