Just a day after Maoist commander Pawan Gope was arrested by Jharkhand Police in Ranchi, the police made a significant success by arresting the sub zonal commander of Maoist, Prabhu Yadav on Wednesday in a joint operation of police and para military forces in Palamu, Jharkhand. The police also sized arms and explosives in the operation.
Superintendent of Police, Palamu, Anup T Mathew told reporters that Prabhu Yadav was arrested near the Paki area with five kilograms of IED. In Addition to that, hidden explosives and items, including seven gelatin sticks, 25 detonators and wires from other areas were also found in the area, he added.
Mathew told reporters that Yadav was quite active in Paki and Lesliganj areas.
The Commandant of the 134th CRPF Battalion, Anil Minz, stated his arrest big achievement for the state police while a setback for Maoists in the Palamu area.
"There are five police cases against him which includes three murder cases, one abduction and one is related to an encounter with police and CRPF. There were 20 to 25 cadres who were working with him in spreading fear among the people. He was a notorious sub zonal commander and was active. The police force has been benefitted by his arrest and in the area it is a major setback for the Maoists. After the spot interrogation and after the information provided by him, we launched another operation and we have recovered explosives from various places," said Minz.
In the last few years, the terrorist activities of the Maoist against the government has significantly increased leading to increased number of activities like killings and abductions.
Maoists have also significantly spresded their reach in tribal and rural regions in the states of Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal and Odisha.
The Maoists claim that they are fighting for the rights of millions of landless labourers and marginal farmers.
However, the government has quoted them to be the main internal security threat to the country and an obstacle to higher growth and more jobs in Asia's third-largest economy.
Hundreds die annually in the conflict, although levels of violence have fallen in recent years.
-With inputs from ANI
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