4 Maoists arrested in Bihar, huge cache of arms seized

Four Maoists were arrested from different places of Naxal-hit Bihar's Aurangabad district today, police said.

Acting on a tip-off, police arrested self-styled area commander Devilal Yadav along with his associates, identified as Dularchand Yadav and Madeshwar Yadav, from an area under the Khudwa police station, SP Upendra Kumar Sharma said.

Meanwhile, another Maoist Jamadar Yadav was arrested from Hikshanbigha under Daudnagar police station area, he said.

Interrogating him, police recovered a huge cache of arms and ammunition including gelatin powder, cane powder and equipments used for making bomb from a hide-out in a nearby mountain, Sharma added.