Raipur

Two alleged Maoists held with detonators, gunpowder

Staff Reporter

In another success Raipur police rounded up two alleged Maoists from Bhanupratappur, informed City Superintendent of Police Purani Basti Mukesh Khare. The arresting were made on the basis of inputs provided by Maoist courier Babulal Sharma and Tarak Kundu who were arrested with explosives few days back in Shankar Nagar.

According to police the accused have been identified as Kathiya Nareti (41) and Rajesh Ghurwa (22) both residents of Narewahi Pakhanjur, district Kanker. Detonators, gunpowder and cash Rs 20,000 were received from their possession, CSP claimed. The accused were presented in court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate who sent them jail on judicial remand, CSP maintained.

Meanwhile the seven-day remand of Babulal Sharma and Taraku Kundu also expired on Saturday they were also presented in local court which sent duo to jail on judicial remand, police said. Detailing about Nareti and Ghurwa police said both the residents of Pakhanjur are farmers by profession and have been associated with Naxals since long. With arrest of the Nareti and Ghurwa the number of arrest in Maoist courier case has raised to four. Police is hopeful that very soon they would be able to make more revelation in the case. 

Notably Babulal Sharma and Tarak Kundu, Naxal couriers were held with explosives and other items from the posh Shankar Nagar area on August 26. The accused were held near narrow gauge railway line in a Mahindra Bolero  near. In all 32 pieces of detonators, Oxygen Cylinder, cooking gas cylinder, copper wires, 10 dynamites, small nut bolts, battery, torches, DVD, CD along with some documents were held from their possession.