Latehar Police on Friday arrested Sub zonal commander of extremist organization Jharkhand Mukti Parishad (JJMP) Sushil Oraon and another militant with weapons from Sikit forest of Manika police station area of Latehar.
A reward of Rs 5 lakh has been announced on Sushil Oraon. The second Naxalite Amresh Oraon is a member of JJMP. Both the extremists are residents of Mandhania village of Manika police station area.
Superintendent of Police Anjani Anjan told the media on Friday that this morning the police had received secret information that Naxalites of JJMP were stationed in Sikit forest of Manika police station area to carry out some incident.
After this information, a team of District Police and CRPF was formed and a joint raid was conducted. Seeing the police during the raid, the extremists started running away. Meanwhile, the police caught two of them, who were fleeing on a motorcycle.
During the investigation, it was revealed that the arrested extremist is Sub Zonal Commander Sushil Oraon and his associate Amresh Oraon. Police recovered one AK-47 rifle, one country-made gun, 82 bullets and other items from them.
The SP said that more than 35 cases are registered against the arrested Sub Zonal Commander Sushil in various police station areas of Latehar and surrounding districts. SP said that during the campaign, the role of Manika police station in-charge Bhanu Pratap Singh, Herhanj police station in-charge Shubham Kumar etc. was commendable.