HAZARIBAGH (Jharkhand), Apr 14 (PTI): Four Maoists were arrested and arms and ammunition seized in a joint operation by the police and CRPF in Hazaribagh district, a senior police officer said today.
Superintendent of Police Pankaj Kamboj said the four were arrested from the forests bordering Hazaribagh, Bokaro and Giridih district late last night.
The arrested were identified as Shiv Charan Manjhi, Secretary of the CPI (Maoist) local area committee and an expert in laying landmines, Talo Manjhi, member of the local area committee, Vijay Ravidas, and Shobha alias Subhasini, the chief of the CPI(Maoists) Women wing-Nari Mukti Morcha of Dumri, Pirtand, Vishnugarh and Bokaro Districts, the SP said.
All the four belong to the Daasta of the CPI (Maoist) Zonal Commander Navin Manjhi of Hazaribagh, Bokaro and Giridih areas and were wanted by the police in connection with more than two dozen cases said, the SP added.
