'Maoist activities in Assam's Barak Valley'

Maoist activities are being carried out in south Assam's Barak Valley, as claimed by four Maoists who were arrested in south Assam's Cachar district.
Maoists activities include running of training camps and convincing the local people to join them, Cachar Additional Superintendent of Police Shankar Brata Rai Medhi said today.
Three Maoists were picked up yesterday and one of them Suman Orang, 20, was arrested while the two others were interrogated, he said.
Suman was arrested on the lead provided by three other Maoists - Naren Orang, Arjun Orang and Borsing Teron - nabbed earlier on February 28 last, the ASP said.

Upon the ending of their custody, the three along with Suman have been forwarded to four days police custody by a local court today.
The four told police that there was a Maoist training camp for indoctrination in the deep jungle area of Borail in the Valley.

The border area of Cachar, near Sonachhera-Rupachhera of Barail foothills was the main base of the Maoists and police is on the lookout for three boys of Rupachhera who have returned after receiving arms training at Maoist camps in Chhattisgarh, the ASP said.
Suman was in charge of the 'tax collection gate' in the training camp and was collecting money for Maoist organisational work in different parts of the Valley for a long time, he said.

Many central and state level Maoist leaders had visited the camp many times and took part in the training exercises, they said.
Among them was also an artist from the Brahmaputra Valley who distributed many of his paintings to the villagers so that he could brainwash them in favour of the Maoist movement, the official said, adding a search was on for him and other Maoist leaders.