Six Maoists held in Bihar

Six Maoists, including a self-styled commander, were arrested on Saturday from different places in this district.

Acting on a tip-off, police arrested 'self-styled commander' Veera Das and another Maoist from Kasma police station area, Superintendent of Police Babu Ram said, adding that Das was wanted in several other cases.

During their interrogation, they admitted their involvement in the attack on the base camp of a private company after it failed to pay them 'levy' a few days ago, he said.

On their information, police arrested four others.