Sat, 17 Feb 2007 Patna, Feb 17 Maoist guerrillas have threatened yet another jailbreak to free Ajay Kanu, the suspected mastermind of the sensational Jehanabad jailbreak in 2005, according to intelligence reports.
Kanu, who was arrested Feb 2, is currently lodged at the Beur jail here in tight securit
Intelligence reports have warned the government about a possible Jehanabad-like attack by Maoists to free Kanu, official sources in the state home department said.
'The top officials had a marathon discussion in the last two-three days over the Maoist threat and ways of countering it,' an official source said.
Kanu, who is in his late 30s, hit the headlines after the jailbreak in November 2005 when about 1,000 Maoist guerrillas freed him and other prisoners and dragged away a few inmates belonging to the Ranvir Sena, a private militia of the landlords.
The rebel leader was arrested from a village in Gaya district, about 100 km from here, by a joint team of the Special Task Force and the district police.
Kanu was shifted from Gaya to Beur Jail after Gaya jail officials requested the police headquarters to shift the Maoist leader to a high security prison to pre-empt a possible second jailbreak attempt by the rebels.
The government was also mulling shifting him to the Bhagalpur jail in view of the Maoist threat, the source added.
However, security has been tightened in Beur Jail after Kanu was brought here with the deployment of additional security personnel.
'The security forces have been deployed inside and outside the jail to foil any attempt to free him,' a senior official said.
Like most of the 54 jails in Bihar, Beur jail is also overcrowded and lodges hundreds of Maoist guerrillas.
Kanu hails from Chauhar village in Arwal district, a Maoist stronghold. He is considered second in command in the banned Communist Party of India-Maoist in Bihar after its top leader Arvind.
Kanu, who was arrested Feb 2, is currently lodged at the Beur jail here in tight securit
Intelligence reports have warned the government about a possible Jehanabad-like attack by Maoists to free Kanu, official sources in the state home department said.
'The top officials had a marathon discussion in the last two-three days over the Maoist threat and ways of countering it,' an official source said.
Kanu, who is in his late 30s, hit the headlines after the jailbreak in November 2005 when about 1,000 Maoist guerrillas freed him and other prisoners and dragged away a few inmates belonging to the Ranvir Sena, a private militia of the landlords.
The rebel leader was arrested from a village in Gaya district, about 100 km from here, by a joint team of the Special Task Force and the district police.
Kanu was shifted from Gaya to Beur Jail after Gaya jail officials requested the police headquarters to shift the Maoist leader to a high security prison to pre-empt a possible second jailbreak attempt by the rebels.
The government was also mulling shifting him to the Bhagalpur jail in view of the Maoist threat, the source added.
However, security has been tightened in Beur Jail after Kanu was brought here with the deployment of additional security personnel.
'The security forces have been deployed inside and outside the jail to foil any attempt to free him,' a senior official said.
Like most of the 54 jails in Bihar, Beur jail is also overcrowded and lodges hundreds of Maoist guerrillas.
Kanu hails from Chauhar village in Arwal district, a Maoist stronghold. He is considered second in command in the banned Communist Party of India-Maoist in Bihar after its top leader Arvind.
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