Dreaded Maoist commander held

JAMSHEDPUR: Acting on a tip-off, Seraikela-Kharswan police on Tuesday arrested Somra Hansda, a notorious Maoist and the mastermind of the 2011 Seraikela divisional jail break incident.
Hansda, accused in over two dozen cases involving murder, loot, bomb blast and war against the state, was arrested from Hosakocha village under Chowka police station area.
Confirming the arrest, Seraikela-Kharswan SP Indrajeet Mahtha said the arrested rebel is under interrogation at present. "The intelligence bureau and crime branch officials are dealing with him Hansda," said the SP refraining from divulging much detail about the findings of the preliminary questioning.
Hansda, a terror in the Chandil-Chowka-Seraikela region on the National Highway-33, that connects Jamshedpur to Ranchi, is a self-styled commander of Kundan Pahan squad of the banned CPI (Maoist) outfit.
Kundan, along with his rebel aides Balram Sahu alias David and Rakhal Kandium (both currently lodged in jail) and three other criminals Ganesh Pramanik, Babloo Bagti (still on the run) and Ravi Singh Munda (later killed in a police encounter in Adityapur) had escaped from Seraikela prison on August 17, 2011 by overpowering the security personnel at gun point in a dramatic manner.
Somra, who was carrying reward of Rs 30000 on his head, is accused in the murder of CRPF sub-inspector Chandrasekar Reddy, who died in the landmine blast in February 2011.
He is also the main accused in the murder of policeman Kaicharna Munda and was held responsible for planting landmines with 130 bombs in Ranka forest area in August 2012.
Hansda is also wanted in connection with the slaughter of two local congress leaders Mukund Singh and Dushasan Mahato, killed few years ago.
"Police have also recovered fire arms and explosives from him," said a police source.