The anti-terrorism squad (ATS) of Jharkhand Police has arrested two people in connection with the sale and purchase of ammunition for hardcore Naxals, state ATS said on Thursday.
A 30-year-old police jawan from Gumla died on way to a hospital in Ranchi on Tuesday after sustaining severe injuries in an IED blast triggered by the outlawed CPI (Maoist) group at a dense jungle at Serengdag in Lohardaga district.
Police said said Duleshwar Paras, who was airlifted by an Indian Air Force chopper from the jungle in Lohardaga and brought to Ranchi for treatment, succumbed to his injuries after landing at the state helipad at Khelgaon, from where he was taken to Bhagwan Mahavir Medica Superspecialty Hospital by road. Doctors there declared him “brought dead”.
The martyr’s mortal remains have been sent to the Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) for post-mortem. His last rites will be performed with state honours at his native place in Gumla, police sources said.