A joint team of Security Forces (SFs) comprising Police, Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), arrested four Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres and a sympathiser in three separate incidents in Gaya and Jamui Districts of Bihar on September 21, reports Hindustan Times. In one incident, a CPI-Maoist regional committee member of Magadh zone, identified as Rahul Yadav (50) alias Bada Vikas alias Sirji, was arrested by a team of Police and CRPF from Bhraunda village under Gurua Police Station limits in Gaya District of Bihar on September 21. Rahul carried a cash reward of INR 1.5 million on his head. Earlier, SATP reported his arrest on September 23. Based on his revelations Police arrested one of his accomplices – Jitendra Yadav, who was working as a Maoist courier-cum-sympathiser from the District on September 21.
In another incident, a joint team of Police and Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB)’s 16th Battalion arrested three Maoists identified as – Arvind Sao alias Tenua, Rajesh Soren and Raju Soren from Jamui District of Bihar on September 21. All the three were allegedly involved in collecting levy for CPI-Maoist ‘zonal commander’, Arvind Yadav and ‘area commander’, Prakash Rana.