Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Cops bust criminal gang

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.
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(sourced from the telegraph)

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