The Jharkhand police and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) on Saturday night arrested a Sub Zonal Commander of the Naxal organization BKP (Maoist) from Kurund village of the Manika region in Jharkhand.
Latehar Superintendent of Police Michael S Raj said that the operation to arrest Santosh Khervar was carried out based on the intelligence input from security agencies
"We have arrested Santosh Khervar, who was a sub zonal commander and an active member of the Maoists. He was arrested from the residence of his friend," Raj told the media.
"Khervar was arrested with 25 rounds of SLR bullets, six mobile phones, 13 sim cards, around Rs. 27,000 cash and some Maoist receipts. He was an active member [of the BKP] and was wanted by the police in eight cases," Raj added.
