Hazaribagh police arrested two area commanders and one arms commander of TPC from near the Jalma village area of Pelawal police station on Monday. Police has recovered naxalite literature,Rs2,000 cash and mobiles from them.
Superintendent of Police Akhilesh Jha said that on Sunday evening he got information about the TPC men. The informer said that TPC men are going to Jalma village of Katkandag block to collect the levy money after some times.
After getting the information a team was formed under the leadership of rural DSP Dinesh Kumar Gupta along with officers in charges of Katkamdag and Pelawal police stations of Hazaribagh Dinesh Kumar Singh and Salauddin Khan, he added.
SP Jha said that the team immediately rushed to Jalma village. They saw that some persons were stopping the people and were taking money from them. As the police team reached there, they started running away. Two of them succeeded to escape from there on a bike but the police team chased the rest and nabbed three persons from near Jalma village market.
Arrested persons confessed before the police that they are the members of banned left ultra-organisation TPC (Tritiya Prastuti Committee). The persons arrested are Naresh Ji alias Usman Ji and Sagar alias Mithilesh. Both are having the rank of area commander in the organization. Another arrested person named Arvind Ji was identified as the arms commander of the TPC organisation.
Jha said that more than two dozen cases have been registered against these three in different police stations of Hazaribagh, Chatra and Ramgarh districts. We have got some important information from them and soon the police team will start raidsto nab others on the basis of their information.
According to our local sources the TPC men had arrived Jalma village last evening to collect levy from contractors and some businessmen. Near Jalma Chowk the nabbed commanders were receiving the money while their armed colleagues were waiting from them near their bikes. As they saw the police vehicle the armed men fled away on bikes leaving behind their commanders.