The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres set ablaze 11 vehicles engaged in bauxite mining under Kisko Police Station limits in Lohardaga District of Jharkhand on June 2, reports Hindustan Times. The Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) Jitendra Singh said, “Altogether nine excavators, a compressor machine, and a JCB machine engaged in bauxite mining were set ablaze by the rebels. According to preliminary findings, the arson was carried out by active members of the group led by Ravindra Ganjhu, a CPI-Maoist leader.”
Meanwhile, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on June 2 carried out searches at the office of Ram Kripal Singh (RKS) Construction Private Limited located in Ranchi District in Jharkhand relating to a two-year-old Maoist terror funding case in the State, reports New Kerala. The case was originally registered at Dumri Police Station in Giridih District of Jharkhand on January 22, 2018, after the arrest of one Manoj Kumar with INR 600,000 in cash and incriminating documents. The NIA took over the case on July 9, 2018. It was alleged that Kumar had collected levy from contractors on the instructions of an absconding accused Krishna Da alias Krishna Hasda, a Jharkhand Regional Committee member of CPI-Maoist, the NIA said. During the investigation, it was revealed that Kumar was an employee of RKS Construction Private Limited Company and was acting as a conduit between the construction firm and the Maoists in Giridih District.