Prominent Maoist leader Prashant Bose, who was jailed in Jharkhand for four years, died at the state-run Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences on Friday, police said.
The Maoist leader, known as Kishan Da, was over eighty years old.
“The health condition of Bose, who was lodged in Birsa Munda jail, deteriorated this morning, but he died during treatment. The exact cause of his death is yet to be ascertained,” Ranchi SSP Rakesh Ranjan told PTI.
Bose, who also used the aliases “Manish” and “Buddha”, was arrested along with his wife Sheila Marandi from Seraikela-Kharsavan district on November 12, 2021. He was carrying a reward of $1 crore on his head at the time of his arrest.
He masterminded more than 100 incidents of attacks and arson in several states, including Jharkhand, Bihar, West Bengal, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra.
Bose was an active member of the Central Committee, Politburo and Central Military Committee of the banned group CPI (Maoist).
In August 2018, Jharkhand announced a reward of $1 crore on top of Bose who hails from West Bengal. Other states have also announced rewards.
He was responsible for Maoist activities in several states in the east, and is believed to have been operating from the Saranda forests.
