arrested an alleged hardcore naxal affiliated to CPI (Maoist) from Aurangabad district of Bihar.
Aurangabad Superintendent of Police (SP) Upendra Kumar Sharma said the naxal was arrested on the basis of intelligence inputs, and has been identified as Gani Khan. He was arrested from Tandwa - Hariharganj road under Tandwa police station of the district.
"Khan was involved in landmine blast at Tandwa in 2013 in which a police jeep was blown to pieces. He had been absconding since then, and was hiding in Chatarpur area of Jharkhand. He used to operate from there," Sharma said.