The Jharkhand Police and CRPF personnel nabbed six Maoists from a forest near the border area of Odisha and Jharkhand on Saturday while the former were conducting a combing operation in the Kiribur area near the border.
After getting a reliable tip-off about the movement of some ultras in the forest, the joint team cordoned them and succeeded to nab them. Following the arrest, the cops found that three among them Tipa Das, Bikram and Ramvir were area commanders and three others were hardcore Maoists Veersingh Kerai, Jagdish Das and Narayan. All are in the age group of 25-30 years and belong to Jharkhand, said the police.
According to Chaibasa DIG Mahammad Nehal and CRPF DIG Ashok Sanyal, these Maoists were involved in several criminal activities during last seven years. Huge cache of explosive materials, Maoist literature, dresses, mobile sets, hard cash of Rs 10,000 and SIM cards were recovered from their possession.
In another incident, the Maoists on Friday had gunned down a special police officer (SPO) Nucleus Munda of the Jharkhand Police near Bandgaon jungle and unfurled the black flag near his body.