This story is from May 6, 2016

Dacoity by ‘chaddi gang’ leaves four injured

Six dacoits reportedly belonging to a ‘chaddi gang’ on Thursday-Friday night broke into a house in Ratu and injured four of a family before running away with jewelries worth Rs 2 lakh and Rs 25,000 cash.
Dacoity by ‘chaddi gang’ leaves four injured
RANCHI: Six dacoits reportedly belonging to a ‘chaddi gang’ on Thursday-Friday night broke into a house in Ratu and injured four of a family before running away with jewelries worth Rs 2 lakh and Rs 25,000 cash.
“The teenage girl of the family claimed that some of the dacoits were in underpants and wore shirts and carried a few bamboo canes. None of them had firearms,” DSP Sandeep Kumar said.

The dacoits in underpants evoked memories of notorious ‘chaddi gang’ active in the 1990s in different parts of the state (undivided Jharkhand) who indulged in several cases of dacoity.
A senior IPS officer said special characteristics make ‘chaddi gang’ unique. “They are usually without firearms and attack with bamboo canes. Little cloth give them a distinct identity which change when they wear cloth. The idea of little cloth is also to ensure greater agility during escape, entry and burglary. Sometimes they also oil massage their bodies to avoid being caught easily,” the IPS officer said not willing to be quoted.
DSP Sandeep said: “It is premature to think on the basis of spotting of a couple of dacoits in underpants that the ‘chaddi gang’ is active in the district. An FIR was registered under IPC section 195 for dacoity.”
The dacoits broke the house's main entrance to gain access around 2am. In the room connected with the main entrance a boy was sleeping. A teenage girl sleeping in the next room raised an alarm when she woke up hearing unusual sound past midnight. The girl’s cries alarmed Sanjay Mishra, the owner of the house, who came to resist the dacoits. The dacoits attacked Mishra, his wife and two children. “They were locked in the bathroom before the dacoits started to burgle the house,” a police officer said.
The family members visited a local hospital for treatment after informing the police. “The police claimed that the dacoits appeared to be locals and a search has begun to trace them,” rural SP R K Lakra said.
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Alok K N Mishra is a New Delhi-based journalist with the Times of India. He is an ardent follower of politics and is fascinated about making politics work better for the middle-class and the poor. He loves to discuss and predict national political behavior. Before shifting to Delhi, he covered political instability, governance, and misgovernance besides Maoists insurgency in Jharkhand for almost half a decade. He has been with the Times of India since 2010 when he started out as a municipal reporter in Patna. He tweets from the handle @AlokKNMishra

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