Paradip, April 4:
The son of a port trust employee, who allegedly ran a well-knit crime
syndicate and unleashed lawlessness in Paradip and adjoining areas, was
arrested today by local police.
The arrest of 24-year-old Siba Prasad
Mallick has revealed disturbing facts of how educated youths from decent
family backgrounds have begun making foray into dark alleys of crime.
The police are looking for his associates.
The gang led by Siba Prasad Mallick is
alleged to be involved in cases of extortion in the fast-growing Paradip
township and industrial zones around it. The police said that the gang
had been collecting money from contractors, builders and real-estate
agents by issuing threats.
“Mallick’s father is an employee in the
public health engineering wing of the port trust. Mallick is a graduate
and has been living the quarter allotted to his father in Madhuban
locality. His parents and family members seemed to be unaware of his
criminal antecedents,” said Shantanu Kumar Das, sub-divisional police
officer (SDPO), Paradip. Though Mallick did not have any criminal
records, the police had maintained close watch on his activities for
some time. “We had received conclusive feedback that he was operating a
racket of criminals to terrorise the traders, real estate businessmen,
builders, contractors and construction companies,” the police said.
A revolver and live cartridges were seized
from his possession. He was charged with offences of extortion and
carrying illegal arms, and was forwarded to court.
Mallick’s link with a crime syndicate
based in Kendrapara has been established. Police are looking for his
associates. The area of operation of the band of criminals led by
Mallick was mostly concentrated in the Indian Oil Company Limited’s
project area near the port town.
“With construction work of the project
going on in a big way in that area, the private farms engaged in the
project works were becoming soft target of these criminals. Mallick and
his associates used to extort them at gunpoint,” SDPO Das added.
(sourced from the telegraph)
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