The three alleged members of the Maoist urban network that were arrested on Friday have been sent to seven-day police custody remand, informed Superintendent of Police, OP Pal on Saturday.
The accused Deepak Chopra, Dharmendra Chopra and Ravi Kadiyamwere were presented in a local court on Saturday from where they were sent to police remand. Noteworthy here is that the three were arrested for allegedly being Maoist couriers and the part of Naxal urban network. According to police, Sukhnat Nareti, a Maoist courierhad, introduced Deepak Chopra to Naxal leader Prabhakar in 2009 after which Chopra started working for Naxals. Deepak and Dharmen-dra, who are relative, bear all personal expenses of Prabhakar.
So far seven people have been arrested in connection with the exposure of Maoist urban network. Phool Singh Nareti, Santosh Dhurva, Baliram Usendi and Chaitram Darro were earlier arrested. According to police, they were involved in eight criminal cases that include six attempts to murder and two murder cases. Neeraj Chopra was a key person of Maoist urban network. Police have also claimed that Deepka had transferred about Rs 15 lakh, Rs 25 lakh, Rs 20 lakh and Rs 10 lakh to Naxals.
Police sources informed that they had also supplied electronic goods such as Motorola wireless sets, mobiles, laptops, memory chips etc to Naxals in huge quantity.