Acting on a tip-off, a special police team laid a trap and arrested Kundan Sharma alias Pradyuman Singh near Rustampur yesterday, Superintendent of Police Babu Ram said.
On the basis of information provided by Kundan Sharma, police arrested four other Maoists in Hulasganj police station area.
Two pistols, two live catridges, four cell phones a diary and Rs 69,000 were seized from them.