Red leader to be shifted to Bengal

RANCHI: Jharkhand will shift Maoist leader Sushil Roy to Jhargram in West Bengal once he returns to Giridih jail. The Maoist leader is undergoing cancer treatment at All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) under police custody in Delhi. He has even claimed for clemency from government due to poor health and old age.
Roy will be shifted to Jhargram jail and will not be released because a production warrant from West Bengal is pending against him with Giridih administration.Police sources said the Maoist leader was granted bail by Jharkhand High Court in a Girishi case, where Roy was accused of attacking the house of Baldev and Suraj Sahu in 2003 - the two were liked in the rebel attack. Before he got relief from high court, Roy had already got bail in other cases pending against him in Jharkhand.
A police statement said: "Roy is one of the top Maoist leader and 18 cases are pending against him in various courts. He was arrested from Midnapore in West Bengal on May 21, 2005, and was lodged at Chaibasa jail in Jharkhand due to security reasons. He was later shifted to Giridih jail."
Giridih jail superintendent Ashok Chaudhary said: "As soon as he returns to the jail, we will forward him to Jhargram as a production warrant is pending against him there. We have got the confirmation of the pending case and so he cannot be released by us even after getting bail from Jharkhand High Court," he said. He added that the decision on his release will be taken by Jhargram jail administration.