Two persons accused of keeping Naxal literature and other materials with them were sent to jail on Sunday. Utpal Baske and and Vishwanth Singh were arrested on Saturday from Saraitand area in Morhabadi allegedly for giving shelter to the rebel groups in the heart of the city under the banner of an organization ‘Visthapan Jan Vikas Morcha’.
According to the Police, Baske had a criminal background and was jailed in the cases registered under Bundu and Giridih. “Both were booked under sections 17 ClA and 120B of Indian Penal Code were sent to jail today,” said City SP Manoj Ratan Chauthe. Police had also recovered two mobile phones and SIM cards along with Naxal literature from their possession.
Chauthe said that despite having clues that soft organizations like ‘Visthapan Jan Vikas Morcha’ are the support organizations of the CPI (Maoists), their members could not be arrested due to inadequate evidence against them. “As soon as we got the evidences in the form of literature, we arrested them,” he added. “We will also write to the government requesting to ban “Visthapan Jan Vikas Morcha”, said the City SP. Rebels group keep on flourishng under such soft organizations, he added.