Alleged Maoists Arrested

Two members of the banned CPI (Maoists), allegedly being involved in a recent gunfight that resulted in the killing of two police personnel in Jharkhand's West Singhbhum district, were arrested, a senior officer said on Saturday.

Police have seized Rs 27.62 lakhs, including several Rs 2,000 notes, and arrested two persons for allegedly helping Maoists exchange Rs 2,000 notes illegally in Maharashtra's Gadchiroli district, officials said on Thursday.

Four Maoists have been arrested and three teenage boys detained for their alleged role in triggering an IED blast that killed 10 District Reserve Guard (DRG) jawans and a driver in Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh on April 26, police said.

Three alleged Maoists carrying cumulative rewards of Rs 10 lakh on their heads were arrested from Koyar forest and Jharewada in Maharashtra's Gadchiroli district, some 170 kilometres from here, a police official said on Sunday.

The Supreme Court has quashed the Kerala High Court order which discharged an accused, arrested for his alleged Maoist links, for the purported offences including sedition and under the provisions of the anti-terror law.

In a major success, security forces on Thursday arrested a senior leader of the CPI(Maoist), who was carrying a bounty of Rs 15 lakh on his head and allegedly involved in the killing of 30 policemen, in Jharkhand's Chatra district, an official said.

Assam writer Sikha Sarma was arrested on the charge of sedition and sent to judicial custody on Wednesday for her alleged comment in the social media on security personnel massacred by Maoists in Chhatisgarh, police said.

Five maoists, one of them allegedly involved in the killing of four policemen after kidnapping them in 2015, have been arrested from two places in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district, police said on Monday.

Five Maoists allegedly involved in planting improvised explosive devices (IEDs) to target security forces have been arrested from Chhattisgarh's Sukma district, the police said on Saturday.

A special NIA court today rejected the bail plea of Stan Swamy, the tribal rights activist and Jesuit priest arrested earlier this month for his alleged involvement in the 2018 Bhima Koregaon violence in Maharashtra.

Delhi University associate professor Hany Babu, who was arrested on July 28 for his alleged involvement in the Elgar Parishad case, was sent to judicial custody till August 21 after his remand with the National Investigation Agency ended today.

Maoist ideologue and revolutionary writer P Varavara Rao, arrested over an alleged plot to assassinate Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2018, has tested positive for COVID-19, a hospital official said on Thursday. The 80-year-old, who was kept at the Taloja jail in Navi Mumbai under judicial custody, was admitted to the state-run JJ Hospital in Mumb...

Bharatiya Janata Party's district unit vice-president Jagat Pujari and one other person were arrested for allegedly supplying tractors to Maoists in Chhattishgarh. According to the police, Pujari has been involved in facilitating supply of goods and other items to Maoists for at least a decade.

A day after he was arrested for alleged Maoist links, an associate professor of the Osmania University was on Sunday produced before the Telangana High Court which recorded his statement and directed the police to submit the case diaries and first information report against him.

A professor of the Osmania University in Hyderabad was arrested for suspected links with the Maoists, the police said. Associate Professor of Telugu department, C Kasim, was allegedly involved in a case registered under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act among other sections in Mulugu Police station in 2015.

Two members of the banned CPI (Maoists), allegedly being involved in a recent gunfight that resulted in the killing of two police personnel in Jharkhand's West Singhbhum district, were arrested, a senior officer said on Saturday.

Police have seized Rs 27.62 lakhs, including several Rs 2,000 notes, and arrested two persons for allegedly helping Maoists exchange Rs 2,000 notes illegally in Maharashtra's Gadchiroli district, officials said on Thursday.

Four Maoists have been arrested and three teenage boys detained for their alleged role in triggering an IED blast that killed 10 District Reserve Guard (DRG) jawans and a driver in Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh on April 26, police said.

Three alleged Maoists carrying cumulative rewards of Rs 10 lakh on their heads were arrested from Koyar forest and Jharewada in Maharashtra's Gadchiroli district, some 170 kilometres from here, a police official said on Sunday.

The Supreme Court has quashed the Kerala High Court order which discharged an accused, arrested for his alleged Maoist links, for the purported offences including sedition and under the provisions of the anti-terror law.

In a major success, security forces on Thursday arrested a senior leader of the CPI(Maoist), who was carrying a bounty of Rs 15 lakh on his head and allegedly involved in the killing of 30 policemen, in Jharkhand's Chatra district, an official said.

Assam writer Sikha Sarma was arrested on the charge of sedition and sent to judicial custody on Wednesday for her alleged comment in the social media on security personnel massacred by Maoists in Chhatisgarh, police said.

Five maoists, one of them allegedly involved in the killing of four policemen after kidnapping them in 2015, have been arrested from two places in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district, police said on Monday.

Five Maoists allegedly involved in planting improvised explosive devices (IEDs) to target security forces have been arrested from Chhattisgarh's Sukma district, the police said on Saturday.

A special NIA court today rejected the bail plea of Stan Swamy, the tribal rights activist and Jesuit priest arrested earlier this month for his alleged involvement in the 2018 Bhima Koregaon violence in Maharashtra.

Delhi University associate professor Hany Babu, who was arrested on July 28 for his alleged involvement in the Elgar Parishad case, was sent to judicial custody till August 21 after his remand with the National Investigation Agency ended today.

Maoist ideologue and revolutionary writer P Varavara Rao, arrested over an alleged plot to assassinate Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2018, has tested positive for COVID-19, a hospital official said on Thursday. The 80-year-old, who was kept at the Taloja jail in Navi Mumbai under judicial custody, was admitted to the state-run JJ Hospital in Mumb...

Bharatiya Janata Party's district unit vice-president Jagat Pujari and one other person were arrested for allegedly supplying tractors to Maoists in Chhattishgarh. According to the police, Pujari has been involved in facilitating supply of goods and other items to Maoists for at least a decade.

A day after he was arrested for alleged Maoist links, an associate professor of the Osmania University was on Sunday produced before the Telangana High Court which recorded his statement and directed the police to submit the case diaries and first information report against him.

A professor of the Osmania University in Hyderabad was arrested for suspected links with the Maoists, the police said. Associate Professor of Telugu department, C Kasim, was allegedly involved in a case registered under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act among other sections in Mulugu Police station in 2015.