Ranchi

Top tech member of Maoists in police net

Ashis Sinha

Hardcore Naxal rebel and a member of Special Area committee of outlawed CPI (Maoist) was arrested from Gomia police station in Bokaro district on Friday evening. According to Bokaro Superintendent of Police A Vijayalaxmi, rebel Manorattam Soren alias Tuna Soren (19) happens to be a top technical member of the CPI (Maoist) central committee. He is a resident of Chatro village under Pirtand police station in Giridih.

Soren was on his way to Saranda with a written message (in code) of naxal leader Karan Da for two zonal leaders Anal Da and Kisan Da. Soren was arrested near Koyotand in Dumrivihar in lugu hillocks region, she added. Police recovered naxal literatures, letters written in Hindi and Bangla along with levy money of Rs18,300 from his possession, said the SP.

During his interrogation, Soren told the police that he is the technical member of CPI Central Committee and working as a connecting link between the top naxal leaders for exchanging their instructions to each other.  According to an IB official, Soren has very close link with the topmost naxal leaders and works in Jharkhand, Andhra Pradesh and Odisha for top Maoist leaders like Kisan Da, Anal Da, Ganpati, Karan Da, including others.

Soren admitted to the police and IB that he worked for exchanging the top directives among the leaders and also for the expansion of the organisation, she said. He also admitted his involvement in dozens of the naxal violence cases which have been registered at different police station at Gola, Hazaribagh and Jamui (Bihar). Meanwhile, a fresh case (73/15 dt 10-04-2015) has been lodged at Gomia police station under IPC 384, 386 and 17 ClA Act of IPC, said Vijayalaxmi.