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A young man, who was believed to have been kidnapped from Deoghar allegedly by a Bihar Janata Dal (United) MLA, has been arrested by the Jamui police in Bihar along with a naxal sub-zonal commander in the area. The police said that the youngster was related to the sub-zonal commander, who was allegedly planning to murder the MLA named earlier in the kidnapping case.
According to Deoghar police, Sachin Verma, in his early 20s, son of Mahendra Verma, had gone missing from his house in Mohanpur area of Deoghar on January 17. A missing report was lodged at Mohanpur police, the next day. On January 20, his father gave a written complaint against JD (U) MLA from Belhar (in Banka), Girdhari Yadav, following which a kidnapping case was registered. While Sachin was involved in preparing documents like adhaar card, his father was involved in agriculture.
On Thursday, Jamui police, in a joint operation with the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), arrested area sub-zonal commander of CPI (Maoist), Praveen Da alias Gopal alias Alok, besides others. Fire arms and ammunitions, besides some incriminating material, was also recovered. A case in this regard was lodged at Lakshmipur police station in Jamui. Sachin was also among those arrested. Praveen was from Chanan area in Banka district of Bihar.
Deoghar Superintendent of Police A Vijay Laxmi said: “There is no case of kidnapping. The missing youth has been arrested by the Jamui police, along with some suspected naxal operatives. We are verifying as to why they complained against the MLA. Further investigations are on.”
Jamui SP Jayant Kant said: “The kidnapped boy is said to be brother of the arrested accused. In fact, the accused have told us that they planned to murder the JD (U) MLA, who was named in the kidnapping. We are suspecting that the two parties have some old enmity. However, the exact reason is being verified.”
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