Jamshedpur: A hard-core Maoist
involved in the blowing up of tracks causing a train to derail
leading to the death of two passengers last November, was
arrested in Jharkhand's West Singhbhum district.
Marshal Topno, one of those involved in blowing up
of rail tracks resulting in derailment of several compartments
of the 322 up Tata-Bilaspur passenger on November 19 was
arrested during a combing operation in Maoist-hit Posaita area
in West Singhbhum district, Superintendent of Police, Akhilesh
Kumar Jha said.
Three others escaped, he said.
Firearms, five can-bombs and a motorcycle were seized
from him.
Asked whether the ongoing combing operation was a part
of 'Operation Green Hunt', Jha said it was a regular process
to flush out extremists and was continuing since he took
charge of the district last year.
PTI
First Published: Tuesday, March 16, 2010, 14:15