Hazaribagh:
A couple responsible for the spurt of Naxal violence in Bihar and Jharkhand have been arrested, a senior police officer claimed on Wednesday.
Confirming the arrest of agriculture scientist cum-Maoist Central Committee member Ravi Sharma and his wife B Anuradha on October 10, Hazaribagh Superintendent of Police, Pankaj Kamboj produced them before a news conference and claimed that they were running the Maoist outfit in Bihar and Jharkhand.
"Ravi Sharma alias Arjun alias Mahesh alias Ashok and his wife B Anuradha alias Rajitha hail from Andhra and run the Maoist outfit in Bihar and Jharkhand since 1999," he said.
"The duo, arrested under Ichak police station in the district, are responsible for the sudden increase in Naxal violence in these two states. With their arrest, the Maoist movement is jolted," the SP said adding, "Police found the whole strategy of the movement recorded in a laptop seized from them." Vital information would also be available in the diaries and letters recovered from them, he said.
Police also found one 9 MM foreign-make revolver, cartridges and documents relating to the Maoist operation and its strategies in Bihar and Jharkhand, Kamboj said.