Hardcore Maoist among two persons held

Acting on a tip off, the STF raided Nagaryawan village yesterday and nabbed the Maoists' central zone committee member Shashi Shekhar Singh and Vinay Das for sheltering the ultra in his house, Senior Superintendent of Police Vinay Kumar said.

Singh, a native of Malhat village under Goh police station area in Aurangabad, was carrying a reward of Rs 25,000 on his head, he said.