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Maoist tribal leader Chhatradhar Mahato arrested in Lalgarh | An elusive tribal leader Chhatradhar Mahato, who has been spearheading an agitation since November last year against alleged police excesses in West
Midnapore's troubled Lalgarh area, has been arrested. Mahato, leader
of People's Committee Against Police Atrocities (PCAPA), which has been spearheading
agitation against alleged police atrocities, was nabbed from Pirka region, near
Lalgarh village. Police nabbed Mahato when he was about to give an interview to
a journalist who was being followed. "It is a great success for us. He has been
charged with more than 15 cases. For the sake of investigation, we cannot divulge
further details," said Manoj Verma, Superintendent of Police, West Midnapore.
Mahato had been giving regular interviews when the paramilitary forces and the
state police had launched the anti-Maoist operations in Lalgarh, the place declared
as a liberated zone by the Maoists, on June 19 forcing him to go underground for
some time. The tribals under Mahato had a free run for nine months with the police
withdrawing from the camps, before the paramilitary troops recaptured Lalgarh
from the Maoists who were fuelling the tribal agitations. |
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