In a significant development in Jharkhand, a Quick Response Team (QRT) of police apprehended a zonal commander of the outlawed Communist Party of India (Maoist), said police on Sunday, June 9.
Acting on a tip-off, a special team of Gumla police raided the Jhalkapat area under the Ghaghra police station limits on June 9 and nabbed Sambhu Ganjhu alias Ravi Ganjhu,, zonal commander of the CPI Maoist.
The development occurred after the district police received credible input about the presence of group members of Chotu Kherwar, a regional commander of the outlaws in Kedali, Dirgaon, and Karasili villages of Jhalkapat area after which a QRT team was immediately dispatched to the location leading to arrest of Ganjhu.
Ganjhu, a resident of Humbi village within the Tandwa police station limits of Maoist-affected Chatra district was arrived in the area on the instruction of Kherwar and assigned with the task of levying extortion and recce of the area to harm police personnel. The security team also seized Naxal (Maoist) pamphlets from the possession of the accused.
After the arrest of Ganjhu, a First Information Report (FIR) has been registered in the Ghaghra police station limits under section 17 of the Criminal Law Amendment Act (CLA). A number of cases against Ganjhu have already been pending in separate police station of the state, informed police in a series of tweets on social media platform X.
*गुमला पुलिस को मिली बड़ी सफलता*।।।
दिनांक-08.06.2024 को समय 13:00 बजे पुलिस अधीक्षक गुमला को सूचना मिला कि घाघरा थाना अंतर्गत ग्राम-केदली, दिरगाँव, कारासिली, झलकापाट क्षेत्र में भा०क०पा० (माओवादी) संगठन के रिजनल कमांडर छोटु खेरवार के दस्ता के कुछ सदस्य के घुमने की सूचना है,(1/5) pic.twitter.com/0H6OkJzZcd— Gumla Police (@GumlaPolice) June 9, 2024
It has been reported that Ganjhu was carrying a whopping bounty of Rs 10 Lakh on his head, as announced by the state government.
Maoist dump busted in Chaibasa
Meanwhile, in a separate operation carried out by the forces in Maoist-hit Chaibasa of West Singhbhum, a Maoist dump has been unearthed near Rangadahatu and Tumbahka forest area.
According to the information received, the forces during the operation has recovered a huge cache of arms and ammunition. The recovery includes unearthing of 303 bore rifle, 0.22 country-made rifles, country-made double barrel rifles, cartridges and mortars.
चाईबासा जिला अंतर्गत भाकपा (माओ) के विरूद्ध लगातार अभियान जारी है, इसी क्रम में चाईबासा पुलिस , CoBRA, CRPF एवं जे.जे. के द्वारा संचालित संयुक्त अभियान के दौरान आज दिनांक- 09.06.24 को टोंटो थानान्तर्गत ग्राम रेंगड़ाहातु एवं तुम्बाहाका के समीप जंगली/पहाड़ी क्षेत्र सेकरपी में..1/2 pic.twitter.com/JexiAiiy6a
— Chaibasa Police (@ChaibasaPolice) June 9, 2024
The operation was launched by a joint team of personnel from district police, Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA) and Jharkhand Jaguar (JJ), a unit of the Jharkhand police specialising in counter-insurgency operations.
Notably, security forces in recent years have succeeded in containing the spread of the outlawed CPI Maoist and other splinter groups such as People Liberation Front of India (PLFI), and Tritiye Sammelan Prastuti Committee (TSPC) in the insurgency-hit state. This comes amidst continuous operations carried out by the security forces in regions such as Kolhan, Budha Pahada and Parasnath, range earlier considered as strongholds of Maoist.
