Delhi Timeline 2009

May 4: The special cell of Delhi Police arrested three members of the Maoist Communist Centre including a zonal commander of the outfit from a house in the Badarpur area of south Delhi. The accused reportedly confessed that they were trying to set up a base in the city. Police said that zonal commander Yogendra Singh Bhokta, Satish Kumar and Sheetal Kumar were arrested while other members of the outfit are on the run. Deputy Commissioner of Police (Special Cell) Alok Kumar said, "We have received inputs in February this year after which their movements were being tracked. Further intelligence revealed that they were hiding in the Badarpur area after which a raid was conducted and all three were arrested from a house there."

September 21: The Special Cell of the Delhi Police arrested Kobad Ghandy, a politburo member of the CPI-Maoist, from the Bhikaji Cama area. Ghandy was reportedly looking after the central propaganda committee of the outfit. Kobad was produced before a Magistrate at the Tis Hazari court who sent him to 14-days of judicial custody.