3 rebels nabbed from two districts

Hazaribag/Jamshedpur: Two members of CPI (Maoist) and a dreaded TPC area commander, Dhaniram Soren (34) alias Nepali alias Bangali alias Baljit, were nabbed from Seraikela-Kharswan and Hazaribag districts, police said on Sunday.
Addressing the press, Hazaribag SP Karthik said, “Soren was arrested from his house after we raided it based on a tip-off. He and his associates used to target contractors and extorted money from them. Recently, they threatened a contractor engaged in the construction of water towers under Charhi police station area. They even assaulted workers engaged in construction and snatched their mobile phones and fled.”
He added, “An FIR was filed and a special task force was formed to nab them. Soren was traced through his call details and he was hiding at his rented house at Korra in the town area. He tried to flee but police caught him. In the last two months, we have arrested 13 of his gang members. He had extorted huge amounts of money from various companies and contractors in the name of PLFI and TPC.”
Soren was arrested about nine months ago and sent to jail. He was out on bail recently.
In another case, Seraikela-Kharsawan police arrested two active members of the banned Maoist outfit on Sunday. The duo, 37-year-old Soma Sardar and 21-year-old Umesh Munda from Khunti were arrested from two separate places in Kharsawan. SP Mohamed Arshi said that both were involved in the killing of a couple in Raijama village in Kharsawan on May 23.
The bodies of Mangal Singh Sardar and his wife Laxhimani were found from their village and it was suspected that Maoists had killed them since Mangal was a police informer. Arshi said both Soma and Umesh are active members of the Maharaj Parmanik squad of CPI (Maoist). Parmanik, who is an area commander, is wanted in several police cases in Seraikela-Kharsawan and Khunti districts.
Arshi said, “Umesh and Soma were part of the squad that pasted posters and challenged the security forces in Kharsawan, Chokwa, Khunti and Tiruldih police station areas simultaneously on June 17.” Both of them are wanted in five cases under different sections of Arms, Explosives, UAPA and CLA Acts in Kharsawan, Kuchai and Tiruldih police stations.