Police arrested Nath Ganjhu alias Bhagirath,an ‘area commander’ of the Tritiya Prastuti Committee (TPC), a splinter group of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), from Bharkudwa village under Lawalong Police Station area in Chatra District of Jharkhand on June 3, reports UNI. An US-made rifle, one .315 bore rifle, 30 cartridges of different guns, Naxal [Left Wing extremism, LWE] literature and TPC pamphlets have been recovered from the possession of Bhagirath.
Cadres of the Tritiya Prastuti Committee (TPC), a splinter group of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), demanded ‘levy’ (extortion money) from Nityanand Das, Block Development Officer (BDO) of Manatu, after which he registered an FIR at Manatu Police Station in Palamu District of Jharkhand on June 3, reports UNI. The BDO in his complaint said that on Wednesday (June 2) morning around 10 AM he had first received the call but since the voice was not clear a second call came to him. From the other side, the man identified himself as Nagina Ji of the TPC and demanded money for running the organisation over which the BDO had said that he will speak with the seniors in this regard and had cut the phone. In his complaint, the officer also said that between 12.12 PM to 12.17 PM on Thursday (June 3) he had received five calls on his number for ‘levy’ but the amount was not specified.