Charhi police in Hazaribag arrested three Tritiya Prastuti Committee (TPC) rebels including an area commander on Saturday late night.
Hazaribag Superintendent of Police Kartik S said on Sunday that the police headquarters had received the information that the members of TPC had reached in the areas of Charhi police station to collect levy from a coal businessman.
After getting the information a team was formed by the district police headquarter to raid the hideouts of the rebels. In a late night raid, the team arrested area commander Surendra Ganjhu alias Gurudevji and two TPC members Manish Kumar Bedia and Kudus Ansari. The area commander is the resident of Lavalong of Chatra district and the other two members are resident of Ramgarh district.
The SP further said that the rebels were planning to target some Puja pandal during the Durga Puja in the coalfield areas. The team has recovered five mobile sets and networking equipment from them.
He said that the area commander was released from the jail in the year 2018. After that he worked to strengthen his organization in the coalfield areas of Hazaribag, Ramgarh and Chatra districts.
He said that now police are searching such persons who are regularly paying levy to the organisation.