In yet another breakthrough, Ranchi police on Monday arrested Chandil Area Sub-Zonal Committee Secretary of CPI (Maoist) Krish Munda alias Chotu Munda alias Soma Munda from Jargo village under Tamar Police station, around 40 km from the State capital. Talking to the media persons on Tuesday, SSP Kuldeep Dwivedi said that that Munda had a bounty of Rs 5 lakh on his head.
“Acting on a tip off that Chandil Area Sub-Zonal Committee Secretary of CPI (Maoist) Krish Munda, had been spotted in the area, a special team was formed to arrest him involving Assistant Commandant Vivek Kumar Singh of CRPF, Officer in Charge of Tamar Police Station Jitendra Kumar, ASI Manohar Barla and other jawans of CRPF 157 Battalion,” said the SSP. As soon as they reached Jargo village and started raiding the place, one suspicious person started running away who was later overpowered by the police, he added.
“During interrogation, he admitted that he was Krish Munda and also confessed about his involvement in several cases registered against him in Tamar, Arki and Murhu Police Stations,” said the SSP. He was formally arrested from there and brought to Ranchi and sent to jail after producing him before the Magistrate, he said.
He was involved in at least 11 criminal cases registered against him in Arki, Tamar, Murhu, Chauka and Kharsawan Police Stations in the region, said the police.