Police attached the property of wanted Maoist Sub Zonal commander Rajesh alias Raju Bhuiyan at Lawahi village under Dandai Police Station of the district on Friday.
The Maoist carries a reward of Rs 2 lakh on his head and a serach operation was on to apprehend him, said police. About a dozen naxal-related cases were registered against Raju.
Superintendent of Police, Garhwa, Shivani Tiwari had visited the house of the Maoist and told his parents about surrender policy after meeting with the family members and villagers.
The SP also asked them to convince Raju to come back to the mainstream.
Meanwhile, in another development, Garhwa police arrested all five members of a gang allegedly involved in fake job and contract racket. The gang allegedly received Rs 85, 000 from one aspirant Manjoor Alam and provided him fake contract letter which had government stamps and official signatures on him, SDPO Om Prakash Tiwari said.
Arrested persons have been identified as, Arbind Kumar, Sunny Kumar Patel, Mantu Kumar, Baban Thakur all residents of village under Rohtas district of Bihar.
A case has been registered against the five gang members under various sections of IPC. “The gang duped about a dozen people belonging to the border area of Garhwa, Palamu, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Jharkhand,” the SDPO informed.
“A total of 10 railway, bank, block seal , letter making laptop, many others documents have been recovered from them. On the complaint of Mansoor Alam police arrested them from the various villages under Rohtas district of Bihar,” he added.
A policeman during attachment of property of Maoist Raju Bhuiyan in Garhwa on Frday