RCC supreme commander held

Self styled supreme commander of proscribed naxal outfit Revolutionary Communist Centre (RCC) Vinod Marandi alias Babulal has been arrested from Uperdih locality under Vishnupad police station here.

Senior Superintendent of Police Garima Malik has confirmed the arrest of Vinod Marandi who is a resident of Diha village under Gurua police station of the district.

He was wanted by Bihar and Jharkhand police in several cases.

Marandi was earlier a zonal commander of CPI(Maoist) but he later formed his own outfit RCC a decade ago, police said.

He is being interrogated.