CPI(Maoist) member arrested in Bihar

Bihar Police arrested CPI(Maoist) member Brij Mohan Singh alias Mohanji from Panapur Bazar in Saran district, a police officer said on Thursday. Marhaura Sub-divisional Police Officer (SDPO) Kundan Kumar said the arrest was made last night on the basis of intelligence inputs after the arrest of another dreaded naxal Ravi Lal Sahni on Tuesday.

"Singh works under Harihar Sahni of North Bihar Zonal Committee of the Maoists. He had been active in the area for the last six years, and his main work was to expand the organisation and extort levy imposed on businessmen, contractors, and others," Kumar said. The SDPO said Singh had become more active over the last few months, blowing up a brick kiln completely with the help of cylinder bombs. He had also raided road construction camps and torched vehicles and equipment.

"Singh mostly moved through the riverine areas in the district at will. He was also involved in the recent incident in which Maoists had put up posters in Taraiya area threatening the common people and shopkeepers. The market there had closed for a day out of terror," added the SDPO.