Arms supplier to Maoists held with explosives in Jamshedpur
JAMSHEDPUR: A day after Chandil police arrested a stone crusher owner allegedly for transporting explosives to CPI (Maoist) rebels, the Chowka police on Wednesday arrested a 21-year-old man Sarkar Mahato with detonators from Raka Pahadi area in the adjoining Seraikela-Kharswan district.
The accused, resident of Jhabri village under Chowka police station was carrying 40 pieces of boosters and sealed detonators allegedly to deliver the consignment to Maharaj Parmanik, who is a member of Kundan Pahan rebel squad. It is learnt that only after receiving a message on his cell phone from Parmanik, the accused went ahead with the consignment.
"He has confessed that on receiving an SMS (from Pramanik) he moved ahead with his plan," said Ram Avadh Singh, officer in-charge of Chowka police station. Police confirmed that the explosives were purchased from Gomia in Dhanbad district for supply to the dreaded Pahan gang. The police also recovered Naxalite literature, cell phone and Rs 5300 from the accused.
In his confessional statement the accused told the police that for the last one and half years, he has been transporting explosives and arms to the rebel outfit. "In fact, on July 8, this year, he supplied food articles to the Maoist gang," said the police officer referring to the confessional statement made by the accused.
Police sources said, recently the accused assisted Pahan squad in purchasing raw explosives from Jamshedpur for preparing can bomb. The police said interrogation of Mahato is on and he would be forwarded to the Seraikela sub divisional jail after producing him in the district court on Wednesday evening.
Earlier, on Monday, Chandil police had arrested Manoj Kumar Sinha, resident of Patamda block in East Singhbhum, ferrying 200 pieces of detonators and 50kg of ammonia nitrate on his car during surprise vehicle checking drive on the National Highway-33. "We are also probing to ascertain if there's any link between the accused (Mahato) and Sinha," said Chowka police.
Arms supplier to Maoists held with explosives in Jamshedpur - The Times of India