A zonal commander of CPI Maoist Buddhan Miyan alias Bhola ji has been caught and jailed in Palamu stated SP Palamu Indrajeet Mahatha. Buddhan Miyan has 11 cases against him and he carries a reward of 10 lakh.
The SP said this Buddhan Miyan whose father is Rehman Miyan of Saraideeh village under Naudeeha Bazar police station went to Panipat also to eke out his living when he fell apart from CPI Maoist.
With his arrest CPI Maoist has now just one more Muslim Maoist Aenul alias Govind ji. Police sources said Buddhan Miyan became the second Muslim Maoist to be caught in Palamu in a gap of 25 years.
The first Muslim naxal was Soohail. He died of kidney failure. According to SP this Buddhan Miyan had had his arms and explosives training in the jungle of Tarchua in Bihar in 1998.
The SP said quoting the confession of this Buddhan MIyan that in 1998 had come many Andhra Pradesh naxals to this Tarchua jungle in Bihar. Sources said the Muslim Maoists wear Hindu aliases like Bhole jo who is Buddhan Miyan and Govind Ji who is Aenul.
Buddhan Miyan was jailed first in 2005 and after two years he came out and indulged in heinous crimes against police. There was a warrant of arrest pending against him since 2013 and he was walking down free.
Police carried out four seizures against his household property. Barring one there was no asset seized in the remaining 3 seizures, added the SP.
Buddhan Miyan worked in the squad of Vyas ji the notorious Maoist. The SP conceded that Buddhan Miyan was keeping low in the recent years. He was caught as police had a photograph of him.
ASP ( ops) Arun K Singh led the operation catch of this Maoist. Palamu police, CRPF, SAT etc made a combined effort to track him down when he was going to Dalee village under Paton on October 23. He was remanded in judicial custody on October 24.
Security forces recovered nothing from his possession neither any cash nor any cell phone nor any illicit arms etc.