Three Maoists held in Bihar's Aurangabad

PATNA: An Aurangabad court on Thursday forwarded three Maoists, including an area commander, to judicial custody. The three Maoists, who were allegedly planning to attack a politician and target brick kiln owners for levy, were arrested on Wednesday.
Police said the three were hiding at the house of one Yogendra Rajak alias Chotu Rajak at Kauwakhap village under the Rafiganj police station area in Aurangabad district.
Sources said the politician, who was on target of the Maoists, cancelled his Gaya trip on Wednesday after being alerted about the plan.
The sources added the crackdown on Maoists started after central agencies shared the intelligence input with state police. They said the plan to attack the politician was hatched at a meeting of a group of Maoists in Gaya on December 28.
SHO of Rafiganj police station Anand Kumar Gupta said the arrested Maoists were identified as Sunilji alias Sunil Lal Khatri (40), Ravi Ranjan Paswan (27) and Bhuwaneshwar Yadav (55).
He said two single-shot sten gun and two live cartridges of 9mm and Maoist literatures were seized from the possession of the arrested rebels.
He said Ravi identified himself as area commander of Goh in Aurangabad. “He is accused in five cases of Maoist violence,” the SHO added. “Sunil is accused in 12 and Bhuwaneshwar six cases of Maoist violence,” he said.