The Urimari police of Hazaribagh district arrested hardcore extremist of TPC Rajan Munda on Thursday night from a quarter situated in Urimari CCl area. Rajan Munda was expanding his network in CCl area for over a year. He was associated with the organisation after the end of MCCI in his native area i.e. Budmu PS area of Ranchi district. According to police at the time of arrest he was contacting the people for levy collection.
SP Hazaribagh Anoop Birthare said, “We received information that some of the members are coming to collect the money of levy and they will stay in a yellow quarter situated in CCl Urimari area. After getting this information the police team led by officer in charge of Urimari PS Pramanand Kumar Mehra immediately reached the spot and surrounded the quarter. At night the police team entered into the house and arrested the hardcore extremist of TPC Rajan Munda.”
Rajan is an accused of more than dozen cases in registered in different PS of Ranchi, Ramgarh and Hazaribagh district. He had torched a JCB machine in Budmu, Ranchi when his name first came into light, he added.
The SP said before joining TPC, Munda was a member of MCCI. He had joined MCCI when he was minor. In the present organisation his work is to collect the levy from the contractors who are engaged in the developmental work.
The SP said during interrogation Munda has revealed many secrets of the organisation...it a great achievement of Hazaribagh police. Special awards will be given to all the team members involved in this operation, he added.