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Two Maoists and another ultra's wife arrested

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Press Trust of India Aurangabad

Acting on a tip off, the police arrested a Maoist from a hideout at Hulasganj police station area and seized a Bolero jeep displaying the board of district agriculture officer, Superintendent of Police Harpreet Kaur said.

Rs 70,000 in cash and a diary with details of collection through extortion were also seized from them, she said adding the jeep driver has been arrested.

Police arrested another the wife of another ultra, who escaped during a raid at Huzra village and seized a country-made carbine and three live ammunitions.

It was not clear immediately whether she was also a Maoist cadre, Kaur said.

 

The police arrested another Maoist from Bira village and seized Maoist literature from his possession, she said.

  

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First Published: Jul 06 2012 | 8:06 PM IST

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