Based on specific inputs, two Maoist cadres were arrested from an area under Pirtard police station of Giridih district on Friday evening, said SP, Surendra Kumar Jha. The arrested cadres were identified as Sona Ram Marandi and Badaki Devi alias Geeta Devi.
“There were inputs that these rebels had arrived at the local market of Pirtard and later they reached to nearly forest area with an intension of executing some serious crime and spreading Maoists propaganda, following which a police team under Officer-in charge of Pirtard police swung into action. Immediately a joint operation was launched in the jungles. Both the Naxalites were rounded up from their hideout,” the SP said.
Both Sona Ram Marandi and Geeta Devi were active member of the outlawed CPI (Maoist). They were involved in collection of levy from different parts of Giridih and also involved in attacked of cash van in 2010 incident in Giridih, police officials said.
According to the ASP Deepak Kumar, after receiving a tip-off about the presence of the ultras at the Pirtard forest, security forces raided the place and arrested them.
Police also recovered explosives from their possession. Jha said that arrested rebels were involved in a police and naxal encounter and several incidents of Naxal violence in the region. Both of them are being interrogated, police officials added.