Police arrest two Maoists in Nawada

Nawada (Bihar): Police today arrested two naxalites from a place near Phulwaria reservoir in Bihar's Nawada district.

Superintendent of Police Vikash Barman said a police team acting on a tip off raided the place and arrested the two naxalites who were trying to escape towards a nearby jungle.

The arrested naxalites were wanted in a criminal case of demanding extortion from a contractor, the SP said adding that a number of naxalites including the two indulged in loot and arson putting several vehicles of the contractor on fire when the contractor failed to give extortion.

A case was lodged with Sirdala police station of the district in this connection in which 50 naxalites including the two were named in the incident.

Police are conducting raids on the possible hideouts of the other accomplices of arrested naxalites, he added.