Two Maoists held in Jamui

PATNA: The Jamui police arrested two alleged Maoists from Giddaur police station area late Sunday night for their involvement in issuing threats to blow up Chaura railway station last month. The movement of trains was stopped for two hours due to the threat.
Acting on a tip-off, a police team conducted raid at a suspected hideout of the Maoists and arrested Bhairav Yadav alias Gehuan and Sunil Yadav when they were planning to carry out a major operation in the area.A large number of gelatin and detonators were seized.
Jamui SP Pramod Kumar Mandal said Sunil was earlier arrested and sent to jail in connection with Maoist-related incidents in the district. Bhairav told the police that he was paid Rs5,000 by Sunil for issuing threats to the railway station manager.
During interrogation, it came to light that the conspiracy to issue threats to blow up Chaura railway station was hatched by Sunil’s associate Surang Yadav during their stay in the Sheikhpura district jail. Bhairav was released from jail recently.
Mandal said the district police were on the lookout for the two Maoist activists ever since the incident came to light on July 30.
Jamui, which shares its border with Jharkhand’s Giridih district, is considered among the worst Maoist-infested districts in Bihar.
“We have stepped up surveillance in areas considered to be the hotbeds of the Maoists and raids are being conducted on specific intelligence inputs,” the SP said.