Police recover looted rifles from nabbed ultra

Hazaribagh, Feb 21 (UNI) Jharkhand police today recovered a huge cache of arms and ammunition, besides cash from a dreaded CPI(Maoist) ultra, who was arrested yesterday along with six accomplices from Keredar area in Hazaribagh district.

Of 14 rifles recovered from their possession, about eight had been looted from Giridih police station.

Suprintendent of Police Praveen Singh said police also recovered a Czech pistol and 337 live cartridges from them. About Rs 8.90 lakh were also recovered besides ornaments worth Rs two lakh, he said.

The self-styled sub-zonal commander of proscribed CPI(Maoist), carrying a cash reward of Rs one lakh, along with his accomplices were caught yesterday.

Maoist Bhagirath Yadav alias Raghu and his associates were arrested from Bundu village under Keredari police station area.

He was invovled in more than four dozen cases registered in Barkagaon, Patratu, Tandwa, Simaria, Budmu police stations of the state.

UNI