SAA event in Tamar in Ranchi District, Jharkhand area, India on Wed 1st March 2023

The Seema Suraksha Bal (SSB) and the District Police arrested a Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre identified as Enam Hassa Purty in a joint operation from an unspecified place under the Tamar Police Station in Ranchi District of Jharkhand on March 1, reports The Times of India. SSP (Ranchi) Chandan Kumar Sinha said, acting on a tip-off that an armed person was seen under suspicious circumstances near a hotel on National Highway 33, a Police team was sent to the spot and arrested Hassa after a chase. A country-made double barrel rifle and four cartridges were recovered from him, he said. “Hassa was part of the Maoist squad led by Maharaj Pramanik, which ambushed a Police team under the Tiruldih Police Station area in Seraikela Kharsawan District in June 2019. Five Police personnel were killed in the incident,” Sinha said, adding that the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has announced a reward of INR 50,000 on his head.