Nainital police have secured police custody of Devendra Chamyal, a suspected Maoist, from the court on Tuesday, said district senior superintendent of police Janmejay Khanduri.
The district police had filed a petition, seeking police custody of Chamyal on Monday. Uttarakhand police had arrested Chamyal and his friend Bhagwati Bisht from Chorgaliya on September 24 who were on the run for years. Both the suspected Maoists from Almora had been trained in Jharkhand for four years following which they had started their operations in Uttarakhand in 2013, said police. After their arrest, district police had seized some notes which mentioned how they made plans to oppose Pancheshwar dam construction. Chamyal carried a bounty of Rs 50, 000. A case under sections 121a, 121, 124, 124a, 120b of IPC and others were registered against Chamyal in Nanakmatta police station, said a police officer.