Overview
- A Bihar Special Task Force team, assisted by Bengaluru’s Kodigehalli police, detained Manoj Singh, 65, and Manik Singh, 30, on February 3.
- The accused were produced in a Bengaluru court and handed to Bihar police on a transit warrant for transfer to Patna.
- Police link the pair to more than 40 cases across Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal, including allegations of multiple murders and extortion.
- Officials say the duo used their Bengaluru hideout to demand money from businesses in West Patna, with phones, dongles and other items recovered.
- Bengaluru police are investigating who sheltered the men locally and are mapping their contacts and activities in the city.