A hardcore naxalite held in Bihar's Lakhisarai dist

A hardcore naxalite has been arrested from Bariyarpur village of Piri Bazar police station of Bihar's Lakhisarai district, police said today.

Superintendent of Police Ashok Kumar said the police conducted a raid yesterday following a tip-off and arrested Santosh Mandal along with a pistol and four live cartridges from Bariyarpur village of the district.

The naxalite was wanted in three cases- of murder, kidnapping and the arms act- lodged with Piri Bazar police station of the district.

Police are interrogating Mandal.