Close aide of Maoist zonal commander arrested

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Press Trust of India Medininagar (Jharkhand)
Last Updated : Feb 01 2016 | 9:48 PM IST
A close aide of CPI (Maoist) zonal commander Arvindji was today arrested from Mohuadand market in Left Wing Extremism affected district of Latehar in Jharkhand.
Rahmatullah Khan alias Tullaji was arrested when police, acting on a tip-off, raided the market, where he had gone to buy provisions for the Maoist zonal commander, now hiding in Pundag in adjoining Chhattisgarh, DIG (Kolhan) Saket Kumar Singh said.
Two live cartridges were seized from him, Singh said adding his interrogation is on.
Rahamatullah, a native of Chunchun village in Balarampur distirct of Chhattisgarh, had been in prison thrice in the past.
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First Published: Feb 01 2016 | 9:48 PM IST

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