CPI (Maoist) Area Commander Navin Ji alias Upendra Paswan along with two of his accomplices were arrested from Porahat jungles of West Singhbhum on Saturday late night. Others have been identified as Kanda Vishwakarma and lofar Chaki. Paswan was said to be quite active in Chatarapur area of Palamu. According to the police sources, acting on a tip-off the arrests were done after a vehicle was intercepted during a search operation in Porahat jungle on Saturday.
The trio were on their way to meet some Naxals in Porahat jungles. The police have also recovered two pistols along with some live cartridges from the vehicle. Paswan had served 11-year jail term in a case related to the killing the then Chatarpur DSP D K Rai by blowing up his vehicle in June 2002. Paswan, according to the police was recently released from jail.