Sheohar (PTI): A senior CPI (Maoist) leader Devendra Sahni alias Ratnakar has been arrested from a Naxalite hideout in Bihar's Sheohar district, police said on wednesday.
Sahni, treasurer of the banned outfit's North Bihar committee, was arrested late Tuesday night when, acting on specific information, a police team raided the hideout at Lakhminia village under Shyampur-Bhatta police station.
While other Maoist ultras managed to flee taking advantage of darkness, Sahni was caught, sub-divisional police officer Vinod Kumar Mishra said,
Police seized Rs 10,500 in cash that the arrested Naxalite leader was carrying, he said.
Sahni was being interrogated.
Friday, June 27, 2008
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