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Two Suspected Gang Members Injured In Encounter; Bank Robbery Foiled
Police in India are people whose job is to keep everyone safe and catch people who break the law.
Some people had come to a town called Dhanbad to force a land dealer to give them money.
The police heard about this plan and went to check on them.
When the police got close, the suspects tried to run away and fired their guns, so the police fired back.
Two of the suspects got hurt in their legs and were taken to a hospital, where the police are keeping an eye on them.
One of their friends escaped in the dark.
In another town called Koderma, the police stopped four men who were planning to rob a bank.
The men had come from a state called Bihar and had been watching a bank for around two weeks.
Police found pistols and bullets with them and took them into custody.
Now the police are in charge of all of them, and the injured people are being treated at hospitals.
SSP Prabhat Kumar's team launched an encounter near Nirankari Chowk in Dhanbad after a tip-off about criminals seeking ransom from a land dealer.
Irfan Ansari and Nazir Ansari alias Nanhe, alleged members of the Prince Khan gang, were shot in the legs while a third associate escaped.
The injured duo were admitted to Shaheed Nirmal Mahto Medical College and Hospital in police custody; a firearm and mobile phone were seized.
In Koderma, police raided a rented house at Indarwa Basti and arrested four men from Bihar, foiling an alleged attempt to rob a bank.
Prince Pandey alias Baba was injured in the leg, and police recovered three pistols, 15 live cartridges and other equipment from the group.
- Who
- Police teams led by Dhanbad SSP Prabhat Kumar and Koderma SP Kumar Shivashish confronted alleged criminals, including suspected members of the Prince Khan gang.
- What
- Two suspected gang members were injured in an exchange of fire in Dhanbad, and four men from Bihar were arrested in Koderma for an alleged bank robbery plot.
- Where
- Barwadda police station area in Dhanbad and Indarwa Basti in the Telaiya police station area of Koderma, Jharkhand, India.
- When
- Reported on Tuesday, August 18; the Koderma raid occurred late Monday night.
- Why
- Police acted on a tip-off that criminals were in the district to collect ransom from a land dealer, and on information about a suspected bank robbery, to prevent the alleged crimes.
Key facts
- Incident
- Police encounter in Dhanbad and a separate operation foiling an alleged bank robbery in Koderma
- Injured in Dhanbad encounter
- Irfan Ansari and Nazir Ansari alias Nanhe
- Injured in Koderma operation
- Prince Pandey alias Baba (23)
- Arrested in Koderma
- Sunny Kumar (22), Atul Kumar Mishra (19), Aman Raj (20)
- Weapons recovered
- Three pistols, 15 live cartridges and other equipment
- Hospitals
- Shaheed Nirmal Mahto Medical College and Hospital (Dhanbad); Koderma Sadar Hospital
- Alleged target
- A Bank of Maharashtra branch in the Telaiya police station area




