Dreaded naxal of Jharkhand with Rs 1 lakh bounty nabbed by Gujarat ATS

Ahmedabad: The Anti Terrorist Squad (ATS) of Gujarat police has from a factory in rural Ahmedabad nabbed a dreaded naxalite who was on the run for last six years and absconding since a landmine blast in Dhanbad district of Jharkhand in 2014 and on whose head the state government had put a bounty of Rs 1 lakh.

SP ATS Himanshu Shukla today said that Sitaram Birbal Manjhi (45), resident of Dhowtan village under Topchachi taluka of Dhanbad district has been arrested from a private steel factory in Ranodara math locality under Dascroi taluka of Ahmedabad district where he was working as a labourer for the past 1 year. He had earlier worked in a similar factory in Odhav area of the city for 4 years.

He had joined the naxal outfit Krantikari Kisan committee in 2004 and was involved in several criminal cases including the sensational loot of 2 SLR and cartridges from Angar Patra railway post in Dhanbad in 2009. He was arrested in that case and after release on bail had with his other aides triggered landmine blast in Vanasthali gaam road in Dhanbad close to 2014 LS polls in which a police vehicle was targeted.

He will be handed over to the Dhanbad police for further action.

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