The Hazaribagh police arrested three ultras of a newly formed outfit, ‘New Sashatra Peoples’ Morcha (NSPM) on Thursday night from Mumbai More of Vishnugarh block situated at NH100. Police has also recovered two country made 9 mm pistols, 6 live cartridges, 7 mobiles, two motorcycles and cash from the ultras.
SP Hazaribagh Manoj Kaushik informed it in a press conference on Friday evening. He said that a breakaway group of some ultras from Maoist organisation have formed a new organisation named NSPM (New Sashatra Peoples’ Morcha). This group was active in Bagodar and Vishnugarh Police Station areas and since last few months it was creating havoc in the rural areas of Bagodar, Vishnugarh, Tati Jharia and adjoining blocks.
Police has arrested the leader of this organisation Umesh Pandey alias Pandey Ji, Harendra Ganjhu alias Chandan alias Suresh Ji and Mukesh Kumar Rana. Mukesh and Harendra is the resident of Chatra district while Umesh belongs to Hazaribagh district.
Kaushik said that DSP Satish Jha was keeping eyes on their activities since long and when we got the information of their arrival near Mumbai More, a special team was formed under Jha’s leadership to arrest them. Finally police got the success when the three ultras on bike were nabbed there by the alert team members foiled their attempt to escape.
SP said that the arrested ultras have confessed that they have collected huge amount of money as levy in the area. Police has seized the levy receipts from them. They have also accepted their involvement in the murder of Suresh Mandal, Hira Ganjhu and some other cases.