Gumla : Gumla police arrested CPI Maoist organization commander Ravi Ganjhu.
A reward of Rs 10 lakh had been announced on him by the Jharkhand Police a week ago.
Apart from Ravi, a reward of Rs 10 lakh has also been announced against Kundan Kherwar and Pakande Honhana.
The arrested Naxalite Ravi Ganjhu was active in Chatra Tandwa area.
He had reached the Gumla area with his squad on Friday.
During this time the police got secret information.
After this, Gumla police laid siege and arrested Ravi Ganjhu.
However, during this time other Maoists included in the squad managed to escape.
There was an encounter between police and Maoists during the operation against Maoists in Gumla last year.
In which Maoist commander Lajim Ansari and zonal commander Budheshwar Oraon, carrying a reward of Rs 5 lakh, were killed.
After that the Maoists were on the backfoot in Gumla.
However, Ravindra Ganju’s group was active in the area and carried out sporadic incidents from time to time.
For this reason, the arrest of Ravi Ganjhu is being considered a big success for Gumla Police.
There is a possibility of getting important information from the arrested Maoist during his interrogation.
On the basis of which the police will take further action.
