In a major breakthrough, Lohardaga Police arrested two hardcore Maoists along with one arms supplier on Monday from Lohardaga town in Lohardaga District.
The Police also recovered bullets of AK 47 Rifle and literature related to Maoism.
Lohardaga Superintendent of Police (SP), Priyadarshi Alok, said that in an attempt to eliminate extremism from the State, the police constituted a team to raid extremists in the area. “The Police got information that notorious zonal commander, Ravindra Ganjhu, with his team, is staying in the forest area of Serendag in Lohardaga district and they were planning to give result to a big incident,” he added.
“Acting on the tip off, Lohardaga police constituted four teams of flying squads with the help of Gumla District Police and nabbed Ashok Bhagat, a resident of Guni under Serendag Police Station in Lohardaga District, on Saturday when he was carrying bullets of AK 47 for Ganjhu. On Ashok’s information, the flying squad arrested Pratap Bhagat, a resident of Chaapal under Serendag Police Station in Lohardaga District and Shakil Ansari resident of Tolijuria in Lohardaga with bullets of AK 47, SLR with Maoism related literature.
Ashok Bhagat and Pratap Bhagat were close aid of Ganjhu and Shakil Akhtar was arms supplier,” said Alok.