The Hazaribagh police arrested five Naxalites from the border areas of the district on Monday night. They seized two country-made carbines and live cartridges. The Naxals confessed their involvement in many cases in Hazaribagh, Ramgarh, Chatra and Koderma districts.
At a press conference hereb on Tuesday, SP Hazaribagh Manoj Kaushik said that the police got the information of a new Naxalite group active in different areas of Hazaribagh. On a tip-off the Giddi police raided a house in Chumba village of Dadi block. As the police reached, the Naxals tried to run away but the police team managed to nab them.
The SP said that the police recovered two country-made carbines, 10 live cartridges, six mobiles and some posters from them. Kaushik said that they have confessed that they were involved in kidnappings in Barkagaon and other seven cases. They also confessed that they collected levy five times from different business firms.
The arrested have been identified as Raj Kumar Gupta, Sandeep Sao, Nakul Sao, Prakash Kumar Sao and Ram Chandra Sao. All the four are between 20 to 22 years of age. The SP said they had formed a new organisation named Jharkhand Tiger Group (JTG).