In a joint operation of Palamu Police, Garhwa Police and 172 battalion of the CRPF which started on Tuesday April 22 and which lasted for less than three hours made the Palamu police richer by a 3.3 rifle and 77 cartridges and three one an area commander, one a former Maoist and one a care taker of them. There came no resistance from the three. Had the three been not caught there would have been a triangle of terror soon in Palamu said sources.
The SP Palamu held a Press briefing Wednesday April 23 along with ASP ( Operations) Kanhaiyya Singh.The arrested three are lalan Singh Kharwar (30) Mahender Singh Kharwar ( 35) and Birender Ram (22). lalan is from Bethha village under cHiniya police station in Garhwa and is operative in Ranka and Chiniya police stations of Garhwa district. lalan has 8 cases against him. He moves in the squad of sub zonal commander Vishaal. He became area commander in the year 2008 - 09.
Mahender Singh Kharwar is a former Maoist and there was a time he was a terror in the areas Karsout and bordering villages of Palamu with Garhwa. He has 12 cases. Mahender is on bail bond since 2009. He is one of the accused of killing a CRPF inspector in Tasrar valley in Garhwa district in 2004 added the ASP (Operations) Kanhaiyya Singh.Birender Ram is one who gives logistics support to them.
Ramesh said the three had a sinister plan. The three were conspiring to raise a new outfit but it was thwarted right at the start as the three were caught at Shahpur and lalan was first to be caught whose disclosures led to the recovery of the rifle and 77 cartridges which were kept in the wheat barn added the SP.
The wheat barn is of a farmer Mohun whom the police did not arrest as a barn owner can not say where in the sheaves of wheat what is hidden by any one the barn owner has a knowledge of it.Forming newer outfit is now a passion giving troubles to both police and the naxals. There is one Green Army active in latehar’s Mahuadarn Garu area. Here before the three could have christened this new outfit the police swooped down on the three reiterated Ramesh.The three hail from Garhwa district but had high stakes in Palamu.