Seven Naxalites [Left Wing Extremists, LWEs], including the ‘supremo’ of Jharkhand Kranti Morcha (JKM), a lesser know splinter group of the Jharkhand Jan Mukti Parishad (JJMP), which is a splinter group of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), were arrested by Police from Patki Forest under Sadar Police Station limits in Latehar District of Jharkhand on December 14, reports bhaskar.com. On the basis of secret information received by Superintendent of Police (SP), Anjani Anjan, the seven LWEs including the ‘supremo’ of the organization have been arrested from Patki Forest of Sadar Police Station area. The SP told that for the last one month, contractors, traders and brick kiln owners were being threatened to kill in Latehar District by Shankar Ram alias Saurabh by forming an organization called JKM. Extortion was being demanded. The Police was keeping an eye on it, and eventually, the entire organization came together in the hands of the Police.
The raiding team arrested two uniformed cadres, including a woman, on a motorcycle from near Patki Forest, with loaded pistols, live bullets, Naxalite cards, mobile phones. They were identified as Saurabh and Zarina Khatoon alias Haseena Khatoon alias Haseena. Five other cadres of the organization Upendra Ram alias Om Prakash, Vikas Kumar alias Monu Kumar, Pradeep Pal, Amit Kumar and Sameer Lakra were also arrested with loaded pistol and live bullets from Kope village under Manika Police Station limits. Saurav used to work in Maoist’s splinter organization JJMP in the past. He has been to jail before, and after coming out of jail, he started organizing the organization by intimidating him and getting involved in the work of collecting the ‘levy’ (extortion money).
SP, Anjan said that Monu has already been jailed from Hussainabad in the Arms Act case. At the same time, the arrested Om Prakash has been an active member of the Tritiya Prastuti Committee (TPC), a splinter group of the CPI-Maoist, in the past. A case has been registered in this case under the Arms Act at Latehar Police Station. Four pieces loaded country pistol, eight pieces 315 live bullets, eight pieces JKM handwritten form, 28 pieces JKM leaflet, nine pieces mobile phone, five pieces bag, one piece motorcycle, three pieces Pied paints, three pieces of pied shirt, two pieces of diary, several items of daily use have been recovered from the possession of the arrested LWEs.