Maoist leader arrested in Jharkhand with landmines
September 13th, 2009 - 10:27 pm ICT by IANS ( Leave a comment )Ranchi, Sep 13 (IANS) A Maoist commander was arrested with nine landmines in Jharkhand’s Latehar district Sunday, police said.
“On a tip-off, we raided the jungle area under Barwadih police station jurisdiction in Latehar. We succeeded in arresting a Maoist commander and seized nine landmines and 25 live cartridges from him,” a police official told IANS by telephone.
The Maoist leader was identified as Bhim Singh, “area commander” of the banned Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist).
According to police, Singh was wanted in more than 15 cases, including for hatching conspiracy to kill security personnel in a landmine blast.
Maoist guerrillas are active in 18 of the 24 districts of Jharkhand. Nearly 1,550 people have been killed in Maoist-related violence in the last eight years.
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