Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres shot dead a ‘sub zonal commander’ of Tritiya Prastuti Committee (TPC), a splinter group of the CPI-Maoist, in a fratricidal war near Bhawanidih village under Roshanganj Police Station area in Gaya District of Bihar late on May 4, report UNI. Police said that CPI-Maoist cadres gunned down TPC`s ‘sub zonal commander’ Rustam alias Basant Bhokta in war of supremacy. Police said Rustam`s body was recovered near bank of a river. The slain extremist was a native of Ambakhar village under Roshanganj Police Station area.
Meanwhile, a joint team Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and District Police arrested five Maoists from different places under Roshanganj Police Station area in Gaya District of Bihar late on May 6, report UNI. Superintendent of Police (SP), Sushil Kumar said, 159th battalion of CRPF arrested two extremists of CPI-Maoist, identified as Santosh Yadav and Santosh Kumar near Baram Moria village under Roshanganj Police Station area and on the basis of their interrogation, three more Maoists were arrested from different places under the same Police Station area. Three other arrested Maoists were identified as Sardar Yadav, Gopal Yadav and Indradev Yadav. SP, Kumar said all arrested Maoists were active members of CPI-Maoist and were involved in various unlawful activities under various Police Station areas in Gaya District. Naxal [Left Wing Extremism, LWE] literature, caps, equipment for triggering bomb explosion, two motorcycles and objectionable pamphlets were recovered from their possession, Police said.