A commander of Jharkhand Prastuti Committee, a Naxal organisation, Runesh Ganjhu alias Runa was nabbed with his companions near the upgraded school in Kuru block, lohardaga. SP Sunil Bhaskar addressed a Press conference on Saturday on the police had been informed about their presence at 3 am on Friday.
A team under SDPO Prabhat Ranjan Barwar and other senior police officers then surrounded the Naxals by 4.30 am. Ganjhu of Khamhar thana of Kuru and Arun Kumar Singh from Khamhar were arrested.
According to the SP, Runesh had set the two bauxite trucks on fire near Mursekha Hutap on April 6, 2012. He had also snatched the mobile phone from truck drivers near Kashitand on May 3, 2012 and burnt a dumper in Rani Amba village of Kisko block on March 18, this year.
Bhaskar also said two loaded Mauser guns and three mobile phones have been recovered from the Maoists.