By IANS
Raipur : A court here Tuesday extended the police remand of two top women Maoist militants, including a zonal commander of the outfit, till Feb 4 and their male associate’s till Feb 2.
The women were arrested last week for trying to pass on a huge cache of illegal arms and ammunition to unknown groups here earlier this month.
The police brought Malti Usendi, 28, Meena, 28, and Prafulla Jha, 60, before the court of Judicial Magistrate (First Class) Pankaj Jain. They were first presented before the court Jan 23 and remanded in police custody till Jan 29.
The two women insurgents, while travelling in a car Jan 21, dropped eight bags loaded with 91 pistols and 26 wireless sets at Dangania area in Raipur. The ammunition and equipment were meant for unidentified groups. But the police recovered the cache before it was taken away.
Malti was arrested Jan 22 in Bhilai, 30 km from here, while Meena was detained in Raipur. Their associate Jha, who worked as a freelance journalist here, was later held for acting as a courier for the two Maoists.
Malti is the wife of Gudsa Usendi, spokesman of the banned Communist Party of India-Maoist, while Meena is a zonal Maoist commander.