Arms supplier to Naxals brought to Nagpur, sent to police custody

An alleged arms supplier to Naxalites, who was arrested in Hyderabad, was brought here and remanded in police custody till May 28 by a local court, police said today.

Sunil Kumar Vishu Prasad alias Nagarjun was involved
in allegedly procuring arms from various unauthorised sources
and regularly supplying them to Maoists, they said.

Cases had been registered against him in 2006 under the Arms Act and Unlawful Activities Prevention Act with Sadar police station here. He had been absconding since then.        

Prasad was apprehended by Hyderabad police who alerted
their Nagpur counterparts and a police team brought him to the
city from the Andhra Pradesh capital.
       
He was yesterday produced before a local court, which sent him to police custody, police added.