Rourkela, May 13: An active organiser of Maoist Communist Centre (MCC) from Tapkoi in Jharkhand has been remanded to judicial custody at Bonai after being arrested, official sources said today. Superintendent of Police, Sundergarh, Y K Jethwa, said 35-year-old Iskrin Toppo, who was originally living in Orissa's Topadih village in Sundergarh district, had shifted to Jharkhand a year ago and was involved in MCC activities and mobilising villagers to join in its sponsored programmes.
Toppo was yesterday arrested in a joint operation by the police and Central Reserve Police Force.
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