The three were arrested for purchasing a tractor for Maoist leader Ajay Alami,
Dantewada:
The vice-president of the district unit of the Bharatiya Janata party, Jagat Pujari, and another person were arrested for allegedly supplying tractors to the Maoists of Chhattishgarh. According to police, Pujari has been involved in facilitating the supply of goods and other items to the Maoists for at least a decade.
The three were arrested for purchasing a tractor for Maoist leader Ajay Alami, who is carrying a reward of Rs. 5 lakh on his arrest. The new tractor, worth Rs. 9.10,000 was seized.
“In the past few months, we have intercepted calls from many Maoist leaders, including Alami, and Pujari’s cell number has come several times to provide materials. Recently, Alami told Pujari that they needed to ‘a tractor, which the latter must buy because he While Pujari agreed to pay the bill, he said they would need someone whose documents could be used for the purchase. corded to Ramesh Usendi whose wife is from the village of Alami, “said Dantewada police chief Abhishek Pallav. .
Based on this information, the police set up barricades at two locations near Geedam and arrested all the new tractors. Ramesh, one of three arrested, was behind the wheel when he was put aside and interrogated.
After being arrested, Usendi could not explain the source of the money and why he did not have documents, police said. Usendi said he was transporting the tractor at the request of Jagat, whom we picked up, the SP said.
“During his interrogation, Jagat confessed that he had been providing goods to the Maoists for 10 years,” said Mr. Pallav.
He added that arrests had been made after months of gathering information. The police had previously received reports that Pujari was also involved in the supply of large batches of uniforms, shoes, paper, printers, cartridges, batteries and radio sets to the Maoists, but did not had no evidence.
“We discovered that Jagat Pujari was meeting with Maoists and actively sending materials from villagers to the interior of Handawada. During the interrogation, we learned of their intention to provide other materials by roping more people. This is a question investigation and there are more likely to be arrests in the future, “said Pallav.
