Maoist commander arrested from Ranchi hospital

October 5th, 2009 RANCHI - Police here Monday claimed to have arrested a woman Maoist commander in the Jharkhand capital. The woman rebel, whose identity the police did not disclose immediately, was arrested from a colony situated under Sukhdeonagar police station of Ranchi.

September 29th, 2009 RANCHI - Five Maoist rebels, including two top leaders, have been arrested from two districts in Jharkhand, police said Tuesday. Four Maoist rebels were arrested Monday night from the Semara jungle, which falls under Palkot police station of Gumla district, around 145 km from here.

September 13th, 2009 RANCHI - A Maoist commander was arrested with nine landmines in Jharkhand's Latehar district Sunday, police said. "On a tip-off, we raided the jungle area under Barwadih police station jurisdiction in Latehar.

September 8th, 2009 RANCHI - Three Maoist rebels, including a senior commander, were arrested after a gun battle lasting over two and a half hours on the outskirts of Ranchi Tuesday, police said. According to police, three members of the Jharkhand Prastuti Committee (JPC), including commander Raj Kumar Ganju, were arrested from Churugarha village, around 55 km from Ranchi.

September 3rd, 2009 RANCHI - Seven Maoist rebels were arrested after a nearly two-hour long gun battle with security personnel in Jharkhand's Garwah district Thursday evening, police said. The arrested rebels belong to Tritiya Prastuti Committee (TPC), a breakaway group of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), according to police.

August 3rd, 2009 RANCHI - A Maoist leader wanted in over a dozen criminal cases was arrested in Jharkhand's Latehar district Monday, police said. Praduman Sharma alias Kundanji alias Sudhansu Sharma, member of Bihar regional committee of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) was arrested Monday at Tori railway station of Lathear district, some 160 km from Ranchi.

July 19th, 2009 RANCHI - Eight Maoist rebels have been arrested at three places in Jharkhand Sunday, police said. Four rebels, belonging to the Jharkhand Liberation Tigers (JLT), were arrested in Ramgarh district following a tip-off.

July 16th, 2009 RANCHI - A Maoist commander was arrested in Jharkhand's Ramgarh district Thursday, police said. Area commander of Jharkhand Prastuti Committee (JPC) Ramanji was arrested from Burkunda area of Ramgarh district, some 80 km from Ranchi, police said.

June 29th, 2009 RANCHI - Eleven Maoist guerrillas were arrested Monday from a Jharkhand village for distriibuting pamphlets. The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) guerrillas were arrested from Cheliyama village in Seraikela and Kharsawa district, about 170 km from the state capital Ranchi.

April 9th, 2009 RANCHI - A Maoist commander was killed in a gun battle with a rival group while a civilian was killed and four security personnel were injured in a bomb blast in Jharkhand, police said Thursday. Krishna Yadav, a zonal commander of the outlawed Communist Party of India-Maoist, was killed by a rival Maoist group, Jharkhand Prastuti Committee, in Hazaribagh district Thursday.

March 10th, 2009 RANCHI - A Maoist rebel, who was accused of killing a former minister and many security personnel, was killed on the outskirts of Ranchi in Jharkhand Monday, the police said. Rajesh Toppo, an area commander of the outlawed Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), was killed in a gun battle near Karkari river under Tamar block of Ranchi.

February 2nd, 2009 RANCHI - Three Maoist rebels, including a commander, were arrested in Jharkhand Tuesday, the police said. Following a tip-off, the rebels belonging to People's Liberation Front of India (PLFI) were arrested from the Bachau jungle, around 60 km from here.

January 26th, 2009 RANCHI - Six Maoist rebels including an 'area commander' were arrested Tuesday in Gumla district of Jharkhand, police said. According to police, four Maoist rebels were arrested from the jungle area under Palkot police station of Gumla district, 140 km from Ranchi.

January 19th, 2009 RANCHI - Four rebels of the banned Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) were arrested from two places in Jharkhand Tuesday, the police said. According to the police, three Maoist rebels including the sub zonal commander of CPI-Maoist, Nitish Yadav was arrested from the Palamau district, some 190 km from Ranchi Tuesday.

December 30th, 2008 RANCHI - Five Maoist rebels were arrested from a house here Wednesday and Maoist literature was seized from them, the police said. The rebels belonging to People Liberation Front of India (PLFI) were nabbed from a house in Laxminagar colony, which comes under the Sukhdeonagar police station.