Acting on a tip-off, a police team raided his village, Bajrimari-Belgarha, under the Chandwa Police Station limits in Latehar district of Jharkhand, and apprehended a veteran Maoist, Mukesh Ganjhu.

Ganjhu, a 32-year-old member of the banned Communist Party of India (Maoist) [CPI (Maoist)], was arrested. This was revealed by the police on June 6, 2026.

Ganjhu, a close aide of Maoist Ravindra Ganjhu, a regional committee member of the banned CPI (Maoist). Nine criminal cases are pending against him at various police stations in Latehar, Lohardaga, Gumla, and other districts,” he said.

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The arrested Maoist was accused of being involved in the incidents of arson near Kathpuliya in the Chandwa Police Station area in 2022 and at the Lapra bridge in 2023, it is said, quoting the SP.

Ganjhu was also wanted in the 2023 murder of Pradyumn Yadav, a member of the ‘Van Raksha Samiti’ in Jamuari village