Ranchi: Jharkhand Maoist leader Kundan Pahan
is suspected to be behind the Taliban-style beheading of
Jharkhand intelligence officer Francis Induwar near here.
"Who else could be behind the brutal killing than
Kundan Pahan?" an IPS officer said here today.
Pahan, who heads the Jharkhand Regional Committee of
Maoists, carried out all his operations on the
Ranchi-Jamshedpur national highway and his area of influence
extended to East Singhbhum, Gumla, Khunti and Ranchi
districts.
He was also suspected to be behind the killing of former
JDU MLA Ramesh Singh Munda and a DSP and wanted in several
cases, including looting a bank van carrying over Rs one crore
last year.
The officer claimed that the Maoists were shaken after
the arrest of Dalo Sao and other leaders in the recent past
and anti-Naxal operations. "The fight against them will
continue."
Induwar was abducted on September 30 from Hembrom Bazaar
in Khunti district, about 70 km from here, and his decapitated
body was found yesterday at Raisha Ghati.
Bureau Report
