2 wanted criminals held in Purnia

PATNA: A special task force (STF) team nabbed two notorious criminals, Bhushan Yadav (40) and Akhilesh Kumar Yadav (35), from their native village at Siswan Maujampatti under Raghuvansh Nagar police outpost area in Purnia district on Sunday. The two carried a reward of Rs50,000 each on their heads.
The police also recovered two countrymade pistols, five live cartridges, two cellphones and a bike from their possession.
The two are accused in at least a dozen murder cases in Purnia besides separate cases of loot and extortion.The duo is also suspected to be involved in the murder of the accountant of a brick kiln in the village on January 26 this year. Police said they had cut him into pieces and threw his body parts inside the burning kiln.
Raghuvansh Nagar police outpost in-charge Mahadeo Kamat said Bhushan had enmity with one Bucchan Yadav (58) of the same village. “Bhushan suspected Bucchan had killed his father three decades ago. Since then, Bhushan has been running a gang to take revenge from Buchhan. Akhilesh later joined Bhushan’s gang after his three relatives were killed by Bucchan’s gang in March, 2019,” he said.
Kamat said Bhushan and his gang members had attacked Bucchan’s convoy with bombs when they were returning home after inaugurating a programme on Saraswati Puja in 2019. “Bucchan’s one leg was blown up. His son Saurav Yadav (27), driver, bodyguard and several others were injured in the attack. Buchhan had died during treatment. The triple murder of Akhilesh’s relatives was in retaliation of attack on Bucchan. Saurav started running the gang, but STF arrested him from Patna,” he said, adding there were 25 murder cases against Bucchan.
Kamat said Bhushan’s associate Arun Yadav was also shot dead on February 12, 2019 by Bucchan’s gang. “Arun’s wife was shot dead on January 6 this year before she was to depose before a court. Within an hour, Bhushan, Akhilesh and his associates shot dead Bucchan’s aide Rukhisi Yadav,” he said.
Kamat said the brick kiln whose accountant was killed belonged to Bhucchan but is now owned by his wife Neelam Devi. “She is mukhiya of Gauripur panchayat,” Kamat said.