Hazaribagh police have arrested the head of newly formed extremist organisation Bhartiya Raksha Committee (BRC) with his three associates from Hazaribag town. The organization had demanded levy of Rs 10 lakhs from the Mukhiya of Tatijharia village of the district.
SP Hazaribagh Anup Birthare said in a press conference here on Friday. Talking to newsmen he said that we had received information that the head of newly formed organisation Bhartiya Rakhsha Committee lallu Manjhi has reached to Hazaribagh to collect the levy amount from the Mukhiya of Tatijharia village of the district.
On this information, a special team was formed including the officer in charges of the three police stations of the district. The team raided at suspected places and finally nabbed the supremo lallu Manjhi from the town area.
On the information of arrested Majhi the team arrested other three active members Baleshwar Mahto from Tatijharia, Manoj Kumar Burman and Dilip Goswami from Bishnugarh block of the district. Police has recovered country made pistol, live cartridges, mobile sets and SIM’s from them.
SP Birthare informed that the arrested supremo of BRC lallu Majhi was the active member of banned left organisation MCC. He left the organisation due to some disputes and formed his own organisation and became active in Tatijharia, Bishnugarh, Barkattha and Gorhar blocks of the district. He started collecting levy from the contractors and Mukhiya’s and other members of the Panchayats.
The police have got some important information and clues from the arrested members of the organisation and will soon act on the information to nab the sympathisers and other white collared persons who were helping this new organisation.