In a joint operation, the CRPF and Giridih police on Tuesday succeeded in arresting Kedar Yadav, a hardcore rebel, from Thansinghdih village under lokainaiyanpur police station of the district. Kedar, who hails from Giridih, is said to have accepted his involvement in a number of attacks on the police and villagers.
The arrested Maoist was brought to the local police station where the senior police officials addressed a Press conference claiming that all the involved Maoists who killed the innocent villagers in the past would be arrested soon. Giving details the officer-in charge Mishit Oran said Kedar Yadav nabbed from his village without any resistance.Police said some documents related to his activities have also been seized from his residence.
Yadav was wanted in one Naxal related case (1/14), which had lodged with lokainaiyanpur police station in Giridih and reported to has played a major role in killing a villager Prayag Yadav.