Two Maoists arrested with machine gun

Two Maoist cadres were arrested today from Manjhaulia Hills area in Aurangabad district of Bihar and a country-made machine gun and explosive materials were seized from them.
Aurangabad SP Upendra Kumar Sharma said, "The two Maoists have been identified as Mukesh alias Brajesh and Jitendra Pal. They hail from different villages in the district. They had been involved in various acts of violence."
Mukesh is said to be of Sonarchak village in Salaiya police station and Jitendra hails from Jakhim village, he said.
"They are part of the armed squad maintained by CPI (Maoist) in the area. We have seized a country-made machine gun and a pistol, ammunition, white-coloured explosive powder, urea, sulphur, other bomb-making materials, Naxal literature and uniforms from them," said the SP.