Ranchi, May 26: After the arrest of Maoist zonal commander Kundan Kharwar and the killing of sub-zonal commander Manish Yadav in an encounter, Palamu IG, DIG and Latehar SP reached Banskarcha police picket of Mahuadanr in Latehar district on Monday.
Talking to journalists IG Sunil Bhaskar said that Naxalites and other extremists who have separated from the mainstream of society should surrender by taking advantage of the surrender and rehabilitation policy of the government, otherwise they will also be killed.
He told in detail about the arrest of Naxalite zonal commander Kundan Kharwar and the killing of sub-zonal commander Manish Yadav in the operation.
He informed that police has got this success by running a well-planned operation under the leadership of SP Kumar Gaurav.
DIG Y S Ramesh said that Kundan was in the organization for the last 10-12 years. A total of 27 cases are registered against him. At the same time, 40 cases are registered against Manish Yadav in various police stations of Latehar, Palamu, Garhwa and Chhattisgarh.
He also informed that both were involved in the Katia encounter in the year 2013. Ten police personnel were martyred in this. Apart from this, during the 2019 elections, the Maoists attacked the police team in Lukiya of Chandwa, in which four policemen were martyred. In 2018, the police camp in Bhandaria was attacked by Maoists, in which six security personnel were martyred. Both of them were also involved in that incident.
SP Kumar Gaurav said that Latehar police is continuously running anti-Naxal operations.
“The Dauna area was being cordoned off since the past few days. This incident is a big loss for the Maoists. After Chhotu Kharwar, Kundan Kharwar and Manish Yadav were running the organization,” said Kumar Gaurav.
