RAJ KUMAR
Ranchi, May 31: Police in Jharkhand had a different experience today after they recovered a vehicle hidden underground.
Superintendent of police of Khunti Aman Kumar shared the experience saying it could be possible after his source informed him about the vehicle.
“It belongs to PLFI chief Dinesh Gope. It is a Gypsy. It was hidden in 2014. Though so far we have not ascertained the model and its condition, we noticed that the tyre of the vehicle is intact. It has got rusted but otherwise, it is okay,” SP Kumar said.
“Earlier we used to recover IEDs and bullets, this is for the first time we have recovered vehicles hidden underground,” SP said laughing.
The place from where the vehicle was recovered is close to Vidya Vihar Public School, Garai under the Rania police station area, a police official said echoing SP Kumar.
“With the help of the BDS team, the site was marked where a dark green coloured gypsy was found in a dilapidated condition on digging. This vehicle was ordered by Dinesh Gope from the Latehar side. Initially, the vehicle’s colour was white. Later it was painted in dark green. Gope himself used to roam in this vehicle with an armed squad,” the police official said.
Gope is at Birsa Munda Central Jail. NIA arrested him on May 21. He carries a bounty of Rs 30 lakh on his head.
