Notorious Maoist ultra surrenders before Saraikela police

Jamshedpur: A top Maoist ultra, who served as a bodyguard, surrendered before the police at Saraikela-Kharsawan district on Sunday. Twenty-two-year-old Prakash Gope, bodyguard of CPI (Maoist) central committee member Ramesh Majhi alias Anal Da, surrendered due to exploitation by leaders of the banned outfit, Superintendent of Police Anand Prakash said.

He said that Gope came to know about Jharkhand government’s rehabilitation policy ‘Nayee Disha’, and contacted senior police officers to join the mainstream.

Gope belongs to Chota Segoi village in Kuchai police station area in the district and was wanted in several cases. Since he joined the outfit in 2019, he was involved in all incidents executed by Majhi, the police officer said.

Gope had to join the banned outfit when he accompanied some villagers to deliver food to the Maoists in November 2019

Based on the inputs provided by him, the police and paramilitary forces have started frisking commuters in the bordering areas. At some places common people are also being interrogated by police and paramilitary forces on suspicion. Forces have been deployed in strategic locations.

Security forces plan to raid all Maoist hideouts along the Bengal-Jharkhand border.  A number of Maoist squads have also become active in Banspahari and Simulpal in West Midnapore. Joint forces are expected to raid both places when operations begin.