Maoist zonal commander Sanjay Yadav sent to judicial custody in Daltonganj
Daltonganj : Maoist zonal commander Sanjay Yadav alias Sanjay Godram , 45, who was arrested by ATS Maharashtra from a cowshed under the Thane police station limits on November 5, was sent to judicial custody after his two-day police remand expired on Wednesday, police said.
A two-member Palamu police team, led by Chhaterpur sub-divisional police officer (SDPO) Prashant Kumar, fetched the “terror machine” from Mumbai to Daltonganj via Ranchi. His police remand began on November 10.
Palamu SP Kapil Chaudhary said Yadav’s journey from a farmer to becoming a Maoist was “a story of misguided and misdirected revolution”. “He had joined the banned outfit about 14 or 15 years ago to reclaim his grabbed land. He, however, failed to reclaim his land despite becoming a ruthless Naxal,” said the SP.
The Maoist zonal commander faces 30 cases lodged against him in Bihar and 33 in Jharkhand . He is named in 20 cases registered in Aurangabad and 10 in Gaya Ji of Bihar besides 32 in Palamu and one in Garhwa of Jharkhand. Bihar police had announced a Rs 3 lakh bounty on him, while Jharkhand announced a Rs 10 lakh reward.
Yadav was a party to the 2014 killings of 15 TSPC rebels under the Bishrampur police station limits. Seven cops died when Maoists, led by Yadav, blew up a police jeep of Chattarpur of Palamu in 2016. BJP election office set up in 2019 Lok Sabha election was blown up in Harihurganj. Senior JMM member Mohan Gupta was killed under the Pipra police station limits in Palamu in 2019. 11 vehicles were torched by him in 2020 under the Pipra police station limits, said police.
Acting on the confessions made by the arrested Maoist, a 7.62 mm SLR, 290 live cartridges, and other items were seized from Kaimo Dudhiya jungle in Hussainabad, said a police officer.
The fall of Burha Pahar and sustained anti-Maoist operations left Yadav isolated, short of cadre and hiding space, sources said.
A two-member Palamu police team, led by Chhaterpur sub-divisional police officer (SDPO) Prashant Kumar, fetched the “terror machine” from Mumbai to Daltonganj via Ranchi. His police remand began on November 10.
Palamu SP Kapil Chaudhary said Yadav’s journey from a farmer to becoming a Maoist was “a story of misguided and misdirected revolution”. “He had joined the banned outfit about 14 or 15 years ago to reclaim his grabbed land. He, however, failed to reclaim his land despite becoming a ruthless Naxal,” said the SP.
The Maoist zonal commander faces 30 cases lodged against him in Bihar and 33 in Jharkhand . He is named in 20 cases registered in Aurangabad and 10 in Gaya Ji of Bihar besides 32 in Palamu and one in Garhwa of Jharkhand. Bihar police had announced a Rs 3 lakh bounty on him, while Jharkhand announced a Rs 10 lakh reward.
Yadav was a party to the 2014 killings of 15 TSPC rebels under the Bishrampur police station limits. Seven cops died when Maoists, led by Yadav, blew up a police jeep of Chattarpur of Palamu in 2016. BJP election office set up in 2019 Lok Sabha election was blown up in Harihurganj. Senior JMM member Mohan Gupta was killed under the Pipra police station limits in Palamu in 2019. 11 vehicles were torched by him in 2020 under the Pipra police station limits, said police.
Acting on the confessions made by the arrested Maoist, a 7.62 mm SLR, 290 live cartridges, and other items were seized from Kaimo Dudhiya jungle in Hussainabad, said a police officer.
The fall of Burha Pahar and sustained anti-Maoist operations left Yadav isolated, short of cadre and hiding space, sources said.
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