Security personnel arrested a top CPI (Maoist) leader near Bhatukora from Bhelwaghati forest area in Giridih district during an anti-Maoist campaign on Thrusday evening, said CRPF Cammandant S.K. Bhardwaj on Thursday.
The Maoist leader was arrested from an area under the jurisdiction of Bhelwaghati police station, police said. Eight bags of explosives, 55 no of detonators, three bundles of codex wire, and cello-tape were recovered from the Maoist leader's possession, a police officer said.
The Maoist was allegedly involved in all major Maoist attacks in the Giridih district, including the gunbattle at within limits of Chalao police station, police said.
"We have arrested Baldeo Soreon during a joint anti-Naxal operation by the CRPF and the district armed police in the evening hours on Thrusday, Dy Cammandant Ajay Kumar said.
Soren is a resident of Bhatukora in the adjoining Giridih-Jamui district, the S.K.Bhardwaj said while addressing a press conference here. Police said Soren was involved with Sidhu Kodda group and active in all major Maoist activities for over a decade. The commandant also said that the Maoist leader confessed to his crimes during interrogation.
Several cases are pending against him in adjoining Bihar, he said. "We have informed the Bihar police since many cases are pending against him in Jamui and other districts there," he said.