Undefined Explosive Device (UED) event in Jharkhand, Nau Bhilma village under Kandi Police Station limits in Garhwa District area, India on Mon 31st January 2022

A Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre identified as Sushil Kumar Ram alias Ritesh Ji alias Nitesh Ji, a close associate of top Maoist Prashant Bose, was arrested along with arms and ammunition from Nau Bhilma village under Kandi Police Station limits in Garhwa District of Jharkhand on January 31, reports The Print. Sushil was involved in the infamous incident of 2013 in Latehar District, in which Naxalites [Left Wing Extremists, LWEs] had surgically inserted a bomb into the body of a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) trooper killed in an ambush, Police said, adding about a dozen cases are also registered against him in Latehar and Garhwa Districts. The owner of the house, Dasrath Ram, where Sushil was staying was also arrested, who was also a supporter of CPI-Maoist, Superintendent of Police (SP), Anjani Kumar Jha said. A country-made pistol, 16 live cartridges, two guns, four camouflage trousers and five camouflage caps, a motorcycle and Rs 14,000 in cash were seized from their possession.