Daltonganj: Four alleged miscreants owing allegiance to gangster Rahul Singh were arrested by Haidernagar police on the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday, police said.The arrested men were identified as Vikrant Singh alias Sikram Singh (29), Santosh Ram (26), Madhu Kant Prajapti (24), and Vikram Ram (24). All are residents of Latehar district.Palamu SP Kapil Chaudhary said a tip-off was received about the assemblage of Rahul Singh’s men, who were allegedly planning to terrorise Doers Construction agency engaged in road work in Haidernagar to extort money. The agency had received a threat call in January and lodged an FIR against unknown criminals.The four arrested accused have confessed to making those calls.They have been booked under sections of the BNS and the Arms Act and were forwarded to judicial custody on Sunday, May 31, on an FIR lodged suo motu by local police, sources said.Police recovered two country-made 9 mm pistols, two live rounds and four mobile phones from their possession.SDPO Hussainabad Divyansh Shukla, IPS, said, “It is a pre-emptive strike of the police. Before these 4 could do any crime, police overpowered them and stripped them of their illicit weapons and ammunition.”Vikrant Singh has one case registered against him at Chandwa police station in Latehar, lodged in May 2025, and efforts are on to verify the criminal antecedents of the other three.
The four arrested accused in custody
