Vishvendu Jaipuriar| TNNChatra: Police have arrested an active member of the banned Tritiya Sammelan Prastuti Committee (TSPC), a breakaway faction of CPI Maoists, after nearly two-and-a-half years of being on the run in connection with an arson and firing case involving coal-laden trucks in Piparwar, police said on Tuesday.The accused, Ejaz Ansari alias Raju Ansari (33), a resident of Murpa village under Balumath police station in Latehar district, was apprehended on Monday following a raid conducted in his native village. The operation was led by Tandwa SDPO Prabhat Ranjan Barwar after police received a tip-off about his return.Ansari is an accused in Dec 20, 2023 incident near Bilari Government School under Piparwar police station limits, where miscreants allegedly set three trucks carrying coal on fire and opened fire, creating panic in the area.“We had been tracking him for a long time,” SDPO Barwar said.Apart from the Piparwar case, Ansari is also wanted in multiple criminal cases across Jharkhand. These include two cases registered at Kanke police station in Ranchi, one related to firing on displaced leader Bablu Munda. Another case is pending against him at the Railway Protection Force (RPF) police station in Tori, Latehar.
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