A sympathiser of Maoist, he used to supply arms to ultras
The Delhi Police Special Cell has arrested a wanted Naxalite and an illegal arms supplier who carried a reward of Rs 2 lakh over his head. Police recovered 45 prohibited bore cartridges of Indian made INSAS, a Self Loading Rifle (SLR) used by the security forces of the country from his possession.
The accused 48-year-old, Ajeet Ray, was allegedly involved in insurgent activities since 1990. He was arrested from Gadchiroli district in Maharashtra, police said on Sunday. "On the arrest of an arms dealer one Ram Krishna Singh by the Special Cell on July this year, information was gathered about Ajeet. During Ram's interrogation, he disclosed that he provided cartridges from Bihar to Maoist commanders through his contacts in Ghadchiroli, Maharashtra," Deputy Commissioner of Police (Special Cell) Pramod Singh Kushwah said.
"On sustained interrogation, Ram told police about Ajeet, a well-known arms supplier for the Naxalites in Maharashtra, Odisha and Chhattisgarh. Ajeet has been in the arms dealing business since 1990. Several efforts were made to arrest him but he evaded arrest. At last he was arrested," said the DCP.
According to the DCP, teams were deployed in Bihar, Odisha and Maharashtra to arrest Ajeet. He was earlier arrested by Odisha police in the year 2005 and 2008, but he received bail and absconded. A reward of Rs 2 lakh was declared on his arrest by the Delhi Police. Finally, on Saturday, specific inputs were received from sources deployed by police, stating that Ajeet Ray will be coming to Bhamar Garh Road Near Mannewar Colony All Palli, under the jurisdiction of Aheri police station, Garchiroli district in Maharashtra, a team lead by Inspector Ajay Kumar laid a trap and he was arrested, police said.
Police recovered 45 cartridges of prohibited bore of INSAS and SLR from his possession. "During his interrogation, it was revealed that Ajeet is an active CPI (Maoist) sympathiser and ammunition supplier. He was a civil contractor before getting into contact with Maoist Influences. He disclosed that he has been into the crim world since 1990. He used to provide logistical support to CPI (Maoist). Earlier, he was providing logistic support to Shankar Anna, a Maoist commander," said the DCP.
It was revealed that Ajeet was detained by Mulchera police station, in Gadchiroli, Maharastra, in 1992 for being a Maoist supporter and closely associated with Maoist commander Santosh Anna. He was also arrested in Odisha, in a fake Indian currency note (FICN) case in the year 2005. He was arrested by Odisha police again in 2008 along with three other Maoists, said the DCP.
"Ajeet also confessed that he is an absconder in all the cases and never attended the court after being released on bail. His associate Raj Bahadur was also arrested in this case. Raj used to procure cartridges from security personnel. The cartridges were then supplied to Maoist through accused Ajeet Roy," Kushwah added.