New Delhi: Top Maoist chief Prashant Bose, 75, who was carrying a reward of Rs 1 crore, has been arrested in Jharkhand alongside together with his spouse, officers stated on Friday, terming the arrest a “big achievement” for the safety forces.

“He was the number two in the politburo of CPI (Maoist) and was heading the eastern regional division of the extremist outfit, also in-charge of the Naxal activities in Jharkhand, Bihar, Odisha and West Bengal. Following his arrest, the backbone of the Maoist has been broken,” a senior official within the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) stated.

He additionally stated that this was a joint operation of CRPF, Jharkhand Police and Intelligence Bureau officers, and an enormous success for all stakeholders.

Bose, alias ‘Krishan Da’, 75, was caught alongside together with his spouse Sheela Marandi, one other senior Maoist chief, in Jharkhand on November 11 (Thursday).

The officers additionally stated that he used to vary his places ceaselessly and by no means used any cell phone to keep away from detection.

“He was spotted by the intelligence officials but he never stayed in an area for a long time. Recently, he was operating from the Saranda forest in Jharkhand,” an official stated, including that the police of Jharkhand, Odisha, West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh have been monitoring his actions for a very long time.

A quantity two within the extremist outfit, he additionally used to move the Maoist Communist Centre of India which he merged with CPI-ML (People’s War) to type the CPI (Maoist) in 2004.

His spouse Sheela Marandi was reportedly the one girl member of the decision-making physique central committee of the CPI (Maoist).

Bose was generally known as the mental guru of the cadre belonging to Jadavpur in Kolkata and he was caught as a result of the forces had his particulars… his arrest was made potential due to the laborious work of the state intelligence models of Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh, a CRPF official stated.

Sharing the main points of the arrests of Naxals made by the this yr, the drive stated that 13 ultras have been neutralised in encounters whereas 603 others have been arrested, whereas 486 surrendered earlier than the safety forces or state police.

A senior Naxal chief Dubasi Shankar who glided by the identify of Ramesh within the Maoist social gathering was arrested alongside together with his affiliate by Odisha police close to Biparguda village in September this yr.

Dubasi Shankar, a local of Medak district, was carrying a money reward of Rs 20 lakh, and was the member of the Andhra Orissa Special Zonal Committee who was related to Maoist social gathering for almost three a long time.

(IANS)