Maoist with Rs.25L bounty arrested in Jharkhand
DHANBAD, July 18 -- In a major breakthrough against the outlawed CPI (Maoist) in the state in recent years, police arrested CPI (Maoist) special area committee member and zonal commander Ajay Mahato alias Tiger alias Basudev, who carried a bounty of Rs.25 lakh, during a late-night operation in Harladih area of Giridih district, police said on Friday. .
Acting on specific intelligence inputs, a special team constituted under the direction of Giridih SP Bimal Kumar, raided a house belonging to Karmu Manjhi, where Mahato was allegedly hiding. Two other Maoist cadres were also arrested during the operation, and all three are being interrogated, police added.
Police said Mahato, a resident of Nawadih village under Pirtand police station in Giridih, was a close associate of senior Maoist leader Misir Besra and had served as the CPI(Maoist) zonal commander in Parasnath region.
He was wanted in over 100 criminal cases....
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