Purulia, July 14 (ANI): West Bengal Police has arrested a Maoist couple suspected to be involved in the murder of a local politician.
Superintendent of Police C. Sudhakar said here on Friday that the arrested couple is involved in the murder of a regional Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader.
"The name of the woman is Sujata and her husband is Raju, both of Mohanpur village, both Maoists. They are involved in the murder of a regional Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader. We are currently conducting interrogation and decide what to do thereafter," he said.
The arrested couple has been remanded to police custody for five days.
Former Home Secretary G.K. Pillai had earlier last month said that the Maoists would agree to negotiations only under pressure to surrender their weapons and sit for talks.
According to certain reports, Maoists are facing an acute shortage of personnel in several areas of central and eastern India, due to the steps taken by the state and central security forces to contain the insurgency.
The guerrilla war, waged mostly from the forests of central and eastern India now poses the biggest internal security challenge, say analysts.
Hundreds of people have been killed and injured in the violence, perpetrated by the rebels as well as security forces in counter- insurgency operations. (ANI)
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