Overview

• Authorities identified the arrested quartet as sub-zonal commander Yogendra Ganjhu alias Pawan, Mukesh Ganjhu, Manu Ganjhu and Rajkumar Nahak.
• The group had demanded Rs 1 crore from Central Coalfields Limited staff and local businessmen with a July 2 deadline.
• Officers seized a loaded country-made pistol, three live cartridges, Maoist propaganda materials and mobile phones.
• Police conducted the July 14 raid near the Bakshi Bangla Chatti river in the Khalari and McCluskieganj areas based on an intelligence tip-off.
• SSP Chandan Kumar Sinha warned that operations against Maoist elements will remain relentless as part of a broader campaign to dismantle insurgent funding networks.