TEJ PRATAP YADAV ARRESTED IN PATNA

TEJ PRATAP YADAV ARRESTED IN PATNA

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RAJIV NAYAN AGRAWAL

PATNA-------------------------Patna police have taken major action against armed criminals and arrested Tej Pratap Yadav, alias Teja. This notorious criminal, along with his accomplice, was planning to rob a businessman of lakhs of rupees, but was apprehended by the police after a siege.

Police in the Didarganj police station area of ​​Patna, the capital, have achieved a major success, foiling a robbery plot. Police received intelligence that two armed criminals were planning a major incident in the Gop Ghat area. Fatuha SDPO-1 Awadhesh Kumar stated that upon receiving the information, a special team was formed under the leadership of Station House Officer Sunil Kumar and a siege was established.

When a police team conducted a thorough vehicle checking near Gop Ghat, two youths riding a suspicious motorcycle (BR01-CJ-5700) tried to flee upon seeing the police. Police acted swiftly and apprehended them. During the search, illegal weapons were recovered from their possession, after which they were immediately taken into custody.

The arrested criminals have been identified as Tej Pratap Yadav alias Teja (21 years old) and Ravindra Kumar (22 years old), residents of Raghopur in Vaishali district. During interrogation, the criminals admitted that they were planning to rob a businessman traveling from Malsalami of approximately one lakh rupees. Police recovered the following items from them: a country-made pistol, three live cartridges (315 bore), two smartphones, and a Glamour motorcycle.

According to SDPO Awadhesh Kumar, the arrested criminals have a prior criminal record. Several serious cases are registered against them at the Raghopur (Rustampur OP) police station. Didarganj police has registered case number 33/26 and sent both the accused to jail in judicial custody.