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Maoist held with weapon in Bihar

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Press Trust of India Munger

CPI(Maoist) ultra with a weapon from Mahrana village in Bihar's Munger district, police said.

Acting of a tip-off, the police today raided the village and arrested the CPI(Maoist) cadre Dhapat Yadav and seized a pistol and naxal literature from his possession, Dharhara police station's Station House Officer (SHO) Rajiv Kumar said.

Yadav was wanted in several incidents of naxal violence, including Kareli mass massacre case in which six persons were killed last year, he said.

  

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First Published: Jul 08 2012 | 4:35 PM IST

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