Mastermind of Bihar hostage crisis arrested: Report
NEW DELHI: Security forces on Saturday arrested two Maoist leaders in Jamui district of Bihar. One of the two arrested Maoists is said to be the mastermind of the Bihar hostage crisis.
The alleged mastermind has been identified as Pramod, TV channels reported. However, the police is yet to confirm the news of the arrest of Maoist leaders.
Security forces have stepped up combing operations after the death of cop Lucas Tete.
The body of Lucas Tete, an assistant sub-inspector of the Bihar Military Police ASI, shot in the chest was found on Friday at the Simra Tari Sringirishi dam in Kajra police station area, about 150 km from Patna, superintendent of police, R K Mishra said.
A Maoist poster left beside the body, clad in a vest, blue shirt and sarong, read "Time is running out fast and if the state government fails to accede to our demand for releasing eight of our colleagues in jails, the other three will meet a similar fate."
Self-proclaimed Maoist spokesman Avinash had on Thursday claimed to have killed a hostage, sub- inspector Abhay Yadav.
Avinash telephoned media offices here reiterating his claim of killing Yadav, the Manikpur station house officer, and renewed his readiness for holding talks with the state government for freeing the hostages after Chief Minister Nitish Kumar had yesterday held out an offer of dialogue.
Cobra, CRPF, BMP, STF and SAP of the Bihar police personnel were conducting intensified search for the three other policemen being held by the Maoists, Inspector general (operations), K S Dwivedi, overseeing the operations, said.
Four Bihar policemen - Tete, Yadav, Rupesh Kumar Sinha and Ehsan Khan - were kidnapped by Maoists after a six-hour gunfight in Lakhisarai district Sunday. The gunbattle left seven policemen dead and 10 injured.
Maoists claimed Sunday's gunfight and kidnappings were in retaliation for the killing of their leader Cherukuri Rajkumar alias Azad and a journalist on the night of July 1-2 in Andhra Pradesh.
The alleged mastermind has been identified as Pramod, TV channels reported. However, the police is yet to confirm the news of the arrest of Maoist leaders.
Security forces have stepped up combing operations after the death of cop Lucas Tete.
The body of Lucas Tete, an assistant sub-inspector of the Bihar Military Police ASI, shot in the chest was found on Friday at the Simra Tari Sringirishi dam in Kajra police station area, about 150 km from Patna, superintendent of police, R K Mishra said.
A Maoist poster left beside the body, clad in a vest, blue shirt and sarong, read "Time is running out fast and if the state government fails to accede to our demand for releasing eight of our colleagues in jails, the other three will meet a similar fate."
Self-proclaimed Maoist spokesman Avinash had on Thursday claimed to have killed a hostage, sub- inspector Abhay Yadav.
Avinash telephoned media offices here reiterating his claim of killing Yadav, the Manikpur station house officer, and renewed his readiness for holding talks with the state government for freeing the hostages after Chief Minister Nitish Kumar had yesterday held out an offer of dialogue.
Cobra, CRPF, BMP, STF and SAP of the Bihar police personnel were conducting intensified search for the three other policemen being held by the Maoists, Inspector general (operations), K S Dwivedi, overseeing the operations, said.
Four Bihar policemen - Tete, Yadav, Rupesh Kumar Sinha and Ehsan Khan - were kidnapped by Maoists after a six-hour gunfight in Lakhisarai district Sunday. The gunbattle left seven policemen dead and 10 injured.
Maoists claimed Sunday's gunfight and kidnappings were in retaliation for the killing of their leader Cherukuri Rajkumar alias Azad and a journalist on the night of July 1-2 in Andhra Pradesh.
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