Ranchi : Jharkhand Police arrested 13 militants from Chaibasa and Chatra, arms also recovered

Ranchi : Jharkhand Police has got a big success. Jharkhand Police on Friday arrested 13 militants in the operation being run against Naxalites and militant organizations. Police have arrested seven militants in Chatra and six in Chaibasa. A large number of arms and ammunition were recovered from the militants at both the places. Police say that the arrest of these militants will reveal many incidents.
In Chatra, under the leadership of SDPO Ashok Ravidas, the police, including sub-zonal commander Ramraj Rajak of TPC militant outfit, and his six associates Umesh Kumar, Ganesh Kumar Mahato, Horil Bhuyan Rahul Kumar, Shyam Oraon and Dilip Kumar from Tutki jungle. Many other items including M-1 Gand Rifle, an SLR, an American Stengun, a gun, country-made pistol, 105 cartridges have been recovered from the arrested militants. Chatra SP Rakesh Ranjan said that he had received secret information that the squad of TPC militant organization is planning to recover in Chatra district on the strength of arms. On the basis of the information, on the instructions of SP Rakesh Ranjan, a police team was formed under the leadership of Simaria SDPO. This team raided the Tutki forest and arrested seven militants. In this, a total of 8 cases are registered against Sub-Zonal Commander Ramraj in different police stations of the district and in two police stations of Bihar.
On the other hand, Chaibasa district police have arrested six active members of PLFI in connection with kidnapping, beating up contractor Vipin Kumar Mahakud, resident of Pandrashali and demanding extortion. SP Ajay Linda and Kiriburu SDPO Ajit Kumar Kujur gave this information in a press conference held in Chaibasa on Friday. Three pistols, a Naxalite uniform, letter pad used by PLFI etc. have been seized from the arrested youths. The arrested PLFI militants include Deepak Goswami, Chunnu Das, Tapas Das, Sonu Mohapatra, Vinay Kumar Das and Vikas Kumar Singh. [Photo credit: Internet]