Ranchi, (IANS) A leader of a breakaway group of the outlawed Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) has been arrested in Palamau district of Jharkhand, police said Monday.
Pramod alias Kanna, a zonal commander of the Tritiya Prastuti Committee (TPC), was arrested Sunday after the police raided his hideout in the Paki jungle in Palamau, 190 km from Ranchi. The police seized a pistol and Maoist literature from him.
Maoist guerrillas are active in 16 of the 22 districts of the state. Nearly 950 people, including 310 security personnel, have been killed in the last six years in Maoist related violence.
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