SAA event in Bihar, Belakheda, Aurangabad District area, India on Mon 5th August 2024

On August 2, Police arrested two top ranking Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres in a joint operation conducted by Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) and Police under the jurisdiction of Mali Police Station in Aurangabad District of Bihar, reports organiser.org. Acting on input about presence of notorious Maoist cadres in Belakheda village under the Mali Police Station limits, a special joint team of personnel of SSB and Police, raided the house of one Lutan Singh, a resident of Belakheda and arrested two top ranking Maoists, identified as Vijay Paswan (42), a resident of Belakheda and Rajendra Singh (57), a resident of Sori village. The joint team also seized two country-made pistols along with live cartridges from the possession of the accused. One of the arrested accused Rajendra Singh is a ‘sub-zonal commander’ of the banned outfit, and a reward of INR 300,000 has already been announced on him by the Bihar government, informed Aurangabad Superintendent of Police (SP), Swapna G Meshram.