Gumla police on Tuesday arrested sub-zonal commander of extremist organisation Jharkhand Jan Mukti Parishad (JJMP), who has a reward of Rs. 5 lakhs on his head. Police have seized a cache of arms and bullets from him.
Gumla SP Harish Bin Zaman said in a press conference that secret information was received that JJMP supremo Rabindra Yadav had arrived with a squad to carry out a major criminal incident in the Ghaghra forest. After getting the information, police became active and immediately a special team was formed under the leadership of SDPO Suresh Prasad Yadav.
The police team conducted an operation in the Ghaghra forest and arrested JJMP extremist Firoz Ansari with a reward of Rs. 5 lakhs. The SP said that Firoz is a resident of Rubed village of Lohardaga district. Police recovered a .303 rifle and 200 rounds of live bullets, 150 live bullets of 7.62 MM, three smartphones, two keypad phones, two diaries, a mobile charger, a router, a bag etc from the arrested extremist.
The SP said that on seeing the police coming, the extremist squad started running away. However, the police team chased them and arrested Firoz Ansari. The SP said that the Jharkhand government had announced a reward of Rs 5 lakh on the arrested extremist Firoz Ansari. A total of 11 cases are registered against Firoz in the three districts of Gumla, Lohardaga and Latehar and he has also gone to jail in the past.