A suspected Naxal was
arrested from near an abandoned airport, around 60 km from here, at Chakulia in Maoist-hit Ghatsila sub-division of Jharkhand, a top police officer today said.
The Maoist, identified as Baleshwar Soren, was arrested in a raid based on an information last night, police said.
The Officer-in-Charge of Chakulia police station, Dilip Paswan said a country-made pistol and naxal literature were recovered from his possession.
Soren was having links with hard-core Maoists Kanu Munda-led squad, he said adding that a case under section 25(a-b)a/26 Arms Act and 17 CLA Act had been lodged.
