A city court today remanded two top Maoist leaders, who were arrested yesterday, in 14-days' police custody.
Bikash alias Manasram Hembramand his wife Tara alias Thakurmoni Bancharam were sent to police custody till April 17 by Metropolitan Magistrate 18th Court Eden Lamasaa.
The two, reportedly close to slain Maoist leader Kishenji, were arrested from the city by a Special Task Force of Kolkata Police yesterday ahead of the first phase of Bengal Assembly polls on April 4.
Both of them have been charged under IPC sections 120 (Punishment of criminal conspiracy), 120(B); 121, 121A, 122, 123 and under the Arms Act.
One 7.6 mm pistol, two magazines, nine rounds of live ammunition and letters written in tribal language were seized from them during a raid at the couple's rented accommodation at Chaparui village in Hooghly district yesterday.
Bikash was the Secretary of the so-called "West Bengal state military Maoist Commission" and also member of other wings of the Maoist groups and Police were looking for him for a long time.
