Police continue to search the villages located in the wilderness after sighting Maoists cadres in the Jhumra forest in Bokaro. Despite the massive combing operation going on in the surrounding areas, Bokaro police could not get any breakthrough.
A company of Special Cobra battalion, Jharkhand Armed Police (JAP), CRPF along with forces accumulated from three police stations – Bokaro Thermal, Mahuatard and Rahayan have been rushed to the Jhumra area on Thursday morning and conduct search operations which continued till Saturday night .
However, sources revealed that on Wednesday evening a band of about 30-40 cadres of Ajay, Santosh and Deepak who appeared to be in 20 to 25 years of the age group had entered in the area of Jhumra under the Gomia police station. They were also accompanied by
few women cadre .
In villages close to Mahatard and Jhumra, a combing operation was being led by Superintendent of Police Jitendra Kumar Singh. Police sources said that they had spotted a few armed Maoists cadre in the area. Police said that by the time they climbed down, the Naxals had disappeared.
The police, meanwhile, are questioning the villagers but it seems to be making no
headway. Bokaro police told The Pioneer on Saturday over phone that about 50 to 60 police personnel were participating in the combing operation and were trying to elicit information about the movement of the Ajay, Santosh and Deepak. In villages close to Mahuatard, a combing operation was being led by SP Bokaro and along with laxamikant officer, in-charge of Bokaro Thermal and other in-charge of Mahutard and Rahayan PS were also present