National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested a Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) leader, identified as Ragavendran (32), at Pappinisseri in Kannur District of Kerala on November 7, reports The Hindu. The Kerala Police, who took into custody of Maoist leader Ragavendran, son of Rajan, a resident of Vellore in Tamil Nadu, on November 6 evening handed over him to NIA, who registered his arrest on November 7 morning. According to Kannur Police Chief R. Ilango, they had specific intelligence inputs and based on which they carried out checking and intercepted the vehicle, which was trying to speed away. During the inquiry Police found that he had multiple cases against him. Among the Maoists, he was known as Ravi Murukesh aka Gautam. A case has been registered in 2017 against him at Edakkara Police Station in Malappuram. The case was later taken over by the NIA. Ragavendran was arrested in the case of observing ‘Maoist day’ and for conducting weapon training in Nilambur forest in 2016. Earlier, footage of him giving weapons training was released and the case was registered at Edakkara Police Station.