Naxal held in Gorakhpur

The Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force arrested an alleged Naxalite,Rajendra Munda,from Gorakhpurs Cantonment area on Sunday.

Munda had come to meet his sister Asha who was arrested on February 6 and is lodged in Gorakhpur jail,said a senior police officer.

Asha is a member of the CPI (Maoist) Central Mahila Sub-Committee. Her husband Balraj,reportedly a member of CPI (Maoist) Central Committee,was arrested from Kanpur on February 8,added the officer.

Munda is also a member of CPI (Maoist) and had attended two meetings of the organisation in Kanpur and Delhi in 2009. He had been staying in a rented house in Kanpur for the last one-and-a-half years,said the officer.

He has admitted that his house in Kanpur was used as a safe hideout by his sister and brother-in-law. At this point in time,I cannot say anything on which committee he was a member of and what was his position. The questioning is on, said STF SP Naveen Arora.

The STF team has also seized banned Naxal literature from Munda,added the officer.

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