One Maoist, who was allegedly involved in landmine explosion and other criminal activities, was arrested by Chandiposh police and DVF team here on Saturday night in border area of Chandiposh and K Balang forest. The arrested Maoist was forwarded to court on Sunday evening.
Sources said, acting on a tip-off, Chandiposh police team and a DVF team conducted a search operation inside the forest of Chandiposh and K Balang border and arrested Nepali Devgan alias Mukhia Munda (25), a Maoist cadre. Nepali, originally a native of Pitchkotitoa, Chakradharpur, Jharkhand area, is now a resident of Chilkota, K Balang area.
According to police sources, Nepali was involved in two land mine explosion in 2010 and 2011 for which two cases had been registered against his name in Chandiposh police station. One of his associates Siba Singh had been arrested in 2010 in connection with the landmine explosion and another associate Kusal Kerketta had been arrested in 2011. But during that time, Nepali had escaped.
“We have arrested Nepali alias Mukhia Munda, who is a Maoist. We have forwarded him to court on Sunday evening,” said Chandiposh police station OIC US Nayak.