An alert has been sounded and top officials have been asked to remain cautious after a hand written letter threatening to kill the District Magistrate and Superintendent of Police in Mirjapur was received by the local authorities. local police, however strengthened the security cover particularly in the area falling under the Naxal-infested zone.
``The letter threatening to kill the top district officials was received on Saturday and prima facie it does not appear to be sent by Naxal or any other organization", claimed DIG, Rajesh Kumar Srivastava. He said that the preliminary inquiry pointed that it could be a mischief of some local persons so they were making efforts to trace them out.
Reports said that soon after the letter was received by the district authorities, SP Balikaran Yadav had alerted all the police stations and directed for thorough checking.
Railways has also increased vigil on the stations and trains, Yadav said, adding that a copy of the letter has been sent to all police stations to match the handwriting. He said that very soon they will trace out the person who sent the above letter.
Meanwhile sleuths of the Special Task Force (STF) claimed to have arrested a zonal commander of Naxalite group in Meerut on Monday afternoon. According to IG STF Asheesh Kumar, they get information from Gaya police in Bihar that a hardened moists leader Chandanji Aka Chanarik Das, hailing from Salaitand area of Dumriya in Gaya district of Bihar, has slipped to Uttar Pradesh and is operating in some part of Western UP.
Asheesh said that they alerted the STF team which through electronic surveillance trace out the movement of the above naxalite in Meerut. Finally on Monday afternoon, the team members arrested Chandanji from Bhaisali bus stand in Meerut. The held naxal leader disclosed to the police that he was active for last several years and is working as zonal commander for last three years. He also revealed that he was having ten area commanders working under him and that he was involved in killing of policemen and later robbing their weapons. A case was registered against him and now Gaya police will seek his transit remand and took him for further interrogation.