Umesh Yadav (26) alias Mukesh alias Charka alias Gorka alias Umesh, member, zonal committee of Koyal Sankh Zone and secretary, Uttari latehar sub zone of the CPI (Maoist), who has 26 cases against him and is wanted by police stations of 4 districts in Jharkhand, was caught here in Panki on June 22 and was presented before the scribes By Palamu SP Narendra Kumar Singh and Commandant of 134 battalion of CRPF, Anil Minz, here on Sunday.
His arrest would considerably weaken the Maoists in north latehar sub zone and Koyal Sankh zone. Sources said his arrest has made the police and CRPF more thoughtful as they came to know about the Maoists' design to cause devastation is of unimaginable dimensions. While Narendra and Anil held the joint press briefing at the base camp of the CRPF in Daltonganj, the man behind the successful operation, DIG, Palamu, Ravi Kant Dhan was not present.
Sources said Dhan planned the operations and monitored it minutely. Upon interrogation, the police came to know about the explosives hidden in the forests of Andaag and Abun in Panki. Umesh's confessions led the security forces to the two jungles in Andag and Abun. At Andag, they recovered 34 gas cylinders of 5 kg capacity that is used in land mines. Thirty-five pieces of electric detonators were also recovered from this jungle.
In Abun jungle, the security forces got a variety of items like 3,365 batteries, 162 detonators, 255 cartridges, one steel container, one camera flash and five iron springs. The security forces recovered one sten gun 7 cartridges from the possession of Umesh. Umesh Yadav is said to be a master strategist of the Maoists.
Earlier, the police had arrested BKG and Anoop Thakur. BKG was caught when he was with a woman. Anoop Thakur was caught in Bihar's Muzaffarpur hotel when he was with a woman. Umesh too was caught when he was visiting a married woman in Panki. He was caught with one Nawal Sao, the man who had the Maoist Maoist leader to the woman.