The Giridih police carried out kurki–jabti on the house of rebel Nunuchand Mahto, who carries Rs 5 lakh award on his head, at Khukhra village late in the evening on Wednesday and seized domestic goods including pots, beds and other materials worth Rs 50,000, police sources said.
The Jharkhand police’s initiative to cripple Maoist leaders financially by confiscating their property under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) has met considerable successes.
According to police reports Maoist Nunuchand Mahto immoveable property including approximately movable property worth over Rs 50 thousand ,have already been sized in the course of the Kurki Jabti at the house of rebel .
By a very rough estimate, domestic pot, bed, furniture and others house hold materials costing Rs 45 to 50 thousand has been seized from Naxal,s house, police sources said .
Police sources said the SDPO ,Saria Deepak Kumar Sharma ,and other team including Inspector Dumari Virendra Ram ,Anil Oran O/C of Khukhra police station and trainee SI Vindyavasani Kumari raided the house of Nunuchand Mahto a hardcore naxal awarded 5 lakh on his head and allegedly involved in Maoist activities at Khukhra village in Giridih district late in the evening on Wednesday.
The police team was carrying a kurki-japti warrant and intelligence input that the rebel they were searching for was being shielded in his house, police further added.
SDPO Deepak Kumar Sharma said the kurki-japti was carried out in a legal manner as her wife lalta Devi was present at the house at the time of the action.