The police while conducting a raid at the railway quarter in Purana Station Colony seized three powerful bombs and arrested one person on Sunday morning.

A four-member bomb squad disposal team from Ranchi which reached the site on Sunday afternoon diffused the bombs.

Dhanbad Police are suspecting the involvement of Aman Singh, a UP-based shooter, involved in Niraj Singh murder case. Aman Singh is accused of making extortion calls to various Dhanbad traders in recent times, from behind the bars.

Police have arrested five persons belonging to Aman Singh’s gang including Manjit Singh, a resident of Govindpur; Javed Akhtar, a resident of Gajuatand; Ravi Kumar Thakur, a resident of Tetulmari; Bablu Kumar Mishra, a resident of Putki and Sheikh Mohammad a resident of Luby Circular Road. Police have also seized arms and ammunition and Rs 1 lakh from them.

The seizure from the railway quarter which falls under Dhansar Police station, however, was made at around 9 am on Sunday morning when the police team led by officer-in-charge of Dhanbad Police Station, Jaiprakash Rai raided the site and seized three bombs from the railway quarter number 133/H.

The police team cordoned off the area to prevent any damage to the residential colony and also temporarily vacated some of the adjoining quarters. The four-member bomb disposal squad of Ranchi reached the site after four hours and diffused the bomb.

Talking to the media at the site, Jaiprakash Rai said, “One person accused of making extortion calls to some businessman was arrested from Jharia on Saturday and on his indication the raid was conducted today and three powerful bombs were seized.”

“Though a detailed investigation is still ongoing regarding the recovery of the bombs but we suspect the involvement of different gangs in making extortion calls and behind the use of bombs to create a sense of terror among people. The arrested person has accepted his involvement in making extortion calls to different traders of Dhanbad on the instruction of a person presently lodged behind the bars,” stated the Rai indicating the role of Aman Singh’s gang in the stocking of bombs.

“The recovery of the bombs, due to the timely action of the police, however, has helped to up the confidence of traders,” added Rai.

Notably, a series of extortion calls and threat calls were made to different traders, private coal company executives and politicians in the name of Sujit Sinha gang and Aman Singh gang in the last 45 days, said police.