Palamu District Police and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)
arrested Satender Paswan (29), a ‘sub-zonal
commander’ of the Communist Party
of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist)
at a house in Polpol village in Palamu
District on May 14, reports The
Times of India. Paswan is an accused
in 18 cases of murder, kidnapping,
arson, destroying public utility system
like telephone towers in the District.
The Security Forces recovered a country-made
revolver of 315 bore from him.
Meanwhile, normal life in the urban areas remained unaffected
in East and West Singhbhum and Seraikela-Kharsawan
Districts during the Bharat bandh
(All India shutdown strike) called
by the Maoists on May 16, reports
IBN
Live. In Maoist dominated Manoharpur, Bandgaon,
Sonua, Goilkera in West Singhbhum
and Dumaria, Ghorabandha, Chakulia
in East Singhbhum and Nimdih and Chowka
in Seraikela-Kharsawan District a
majority of shops and markets downed
shutters, official sources said. Long
distance buses remained off the roads
while mining in West Singhbhum was
badly affected, the sources said.
No untoward incident was reported,
they said. The bandh was called
to demand immediate halt to Operation
Green Hunt. |
