Lagatar24 Desk
Dumka, Oct. 27: A joint team of the crime branch sleuths of Delhi police and Deoghar and Sahebganj police arrested Dinesh Pandit, the dreaded outlaw involved in threatening Godda BJP MP Nishikant Dubey, on Wednesday from Sakhadbhanga village under Tinpahar police station of Sahebganj district.
Pandit was also involved in a series of criminal cases lodged against him including those of extortion and murder in different police stations of Sahebganj district and a similar threatening call to Rajmahal BJP MLA Anant Ojha.
“Separate FIRs were lodged in connection with the alleged threatening call to the Godda MP in New Delhi, Deoghar and Sahebganj in 2018 in which Dinesh Pandit was the main named accused,” Deoghar SP Dhananjay Kumar Singh said adding that Pandit had criminal antecedents with nearly half a dozen cases lodged against him in different police stations of Sahebganj, Deoghar and other districts.
Pandit had allegedly threatened to kill Dubey over the phone in July 2018 if he did not pay Rs one crore to him and had warned him of dire consequences if he continued to raise voices against illegal infiltration of Bangladeshis in parts of Santhal Pargana.
Dubey alleged that the accused was so directed to threaten him by his political opponents after he extended legal support to the accused persons allegedly framed by Godda police in connection with the lynching of two cattle thieves a few days ago.
“Dinesh Pandit will be taken on remand for interrogation,” the SP added.
