Jamshedpur: The East Singhbhum police have arrested a suspected Maoist along with eight criminals involved in various loot and theft incidents during the past few weeks. Pramod Kumar alias Hero alias Chandan was picked up from Hata area of the district on Tuesday . Chandan, in his late 20s and a native of Matkaiya Taad in Balumath police station area in Lathehar district, is alleged to have links with the rebels. Police are verifying the antecedents of Chandan to establish his links with the rebels, if any. "The arrested criminals have disclosed about Chandan's link with the Maoists. However, we are verifying the matter with the Balumath police. But, he (Chandan) is a convict and served jail in Latehar under Section 307 IPC (attempt to murder)," said senior police superintendent Akhilesh Kumar Jha. The SSP also said Chandan was staying here for the past six months and was involved in a series of loot incidents. The other accused are Santu Mandal, Anand Gope, Deepak Singh alias Chotu Singh, Mohan Kachap, Om Prakash alias Rumu Yadav and Sitaram Sharma. Police have recovered four motorcycles, four cellphones, two country-made pistols, three live cartridges from the accused. Police are likely to forward them to the jail tomorrow subsequent to their production in the district court.

Courtesy: timesofindia.indiatimes.com 19.01.2012