The police on Thursday gunned down a People’s Liberation Front of India (PLFI) area commander Dinesh Sahu, wanted in at least 29 cases in Khunti district, said Khunti superintendent of police Anish Gupta.
Twenty-eight-year-old Sahu was infamous for unleashing a reign of terror on villagers of Khunti.
The encounter took place at Bandha village in Tupudana block at 9.30 am on Thursday and Sahu was taken down by a team of one officer in-charge, five jawans and a driver in an over 30-minute firing in the dense jungles of Ranchi-Khunti highway.
“He (Sahu) was wanted in several cases of rape, murder and extortion. Reacting on a tip-off by one of our informers, we found him and shot him dead,” said Gupta.
Four of Sahu’s accomplices, however, managed to escape. A massive search operation has been launched to apprehend them, said Ranchi senior superintendent of police Prabhat Kumar.
Arms and ammunition were recovered from Sahu, Kumar said, adding that a detailed seizure list was being prepared.
In another incident, an alleged arms supplier was arrested soon after he got off a train at Badajamda station in Maoist-hit West Singhbhum district on Wednesday, said superintendent of police Michael Raj S.
{{/usCountry}}In another incident, an alleged arms supplier was arrested soon after he got off a train at Badajamda station in Maoist-hit West Singhbhum district on Wednesday, said superintendent of police Michael Raj S.
{{/usCountry}}The SP said 10 wireless sets and Maoist literature were recovered from the possession of the arrested supplier, identified as Bhaskar Chakraborty, who was coming from Kolkata on the Howrah-Barbil Jansatabdi express.
Chakraborty allegedly used to supply the material and arms to the Maoists in Saranda forest of the district, the SP said.
(With PTI inputs)