10 Maoists including top commander arrested from UP

NOIDA: A top Maoist from

Jharkhand

's

Latehar

district

Pradeep Singh Kharwar

was arrested on Saturday night along with five other accomplices from an apartment in Noida.

The operation was conducted at a residential complex in Noida Sector 49.

Four more were later arrested from Noida and Chandauli district, taking the number to ten.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UPDATE?src=hash">#UPDATE</a> Three more Naxals arrested with explosives &amp; detonators in Noida: UP IG ATS.</p>&mdash; ANI (@ANI_news) <a href="https://twitter.com/ANI_news/status/787480109905170432">October 16, 2016</a></blockquote>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">One more Naxal arrested from Chandauli district of Uttar Pradesh. Total no of Naxals arrested: 10</p>&mdash; ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) <a href="https://twitter.com/ANINewsUP/status/787555566151278592">October 16, 2016</a></blockquote>

The area commander was hiding in Noida since February 2012. UP police claimed a major attack in Delhi, NCR has been averted with the arrests.

The group was nabbed in a joint operation of intelligence agencies and Uttar Pradesh ATS.

The arrested commander had Rs 5 lakh reward on him and was among the most wanted, say said UP police top brass.

Pradip

is a resident of village Bariyatu in Latehar district of Jharkhand.

Cache of weapons were recovered from them.


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