The Special Task Force (STF)
today arrested three Maoists with weapons from a village under Baruraj police station area in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district, a police officer said.
Acting on a tip off, a STF team raided Andaul village and arrested three Maoists, identified as Md Wasim Akram, Umesh Mahto and Raja Babu, all said to be members of the proscribed outfit CPI(Maoists), while they were taking part in a closed-door meeting with fellow ultras, said Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Ranjeet Kumar Mishra.
About a dozen other Maoists managed to escape, he said.
Four country-made pistols, 12 live cartridges, three mobile phones, besides a haul of Maoist literature have been seized from the spot, Mishra added.
