Arrested Maoists top leaders

It was done with help from the Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh police

The Bihar Police on Saturday said the three Naxal leaders,who were nabbed on Friday,were Central Committee members of the outlawed CPI (Maoist) making it their biggest ever catch against the rebels.

The three Palendu Shekhar Mukherjee,Vijay Kumar Arya and Varanasi Subramanium had 17 cases,including the 2009 killing of the Rajnandgaon SP,against them and carried award of Rs 15 lakh from Andhra Pradesh and Bihar governments.

They were arrested by the Special Task Force of Bihar Police at Barsoi,Katihar on Friday. It was done with help from the Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh police.

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Inspector General of police (operations) K S Dwivedi said: This is not only the biggest catch in Bihar but the second biggest at the national level after Kobad Ghandys arrest. He said the three Central Committee leaders had probably gathered at Barsoi to discuss implementation of the CPI (Maoist)s 9th Congress agenda.

The IG said the STF with help from Katihar police arrested four others Naxal leaders North Bihar Eastern Zonal Committee members Nokhelal Choudhary and Shyamji,UU Regional Committee secretary Abhimanyu and Anirudh Ravidas,the man who sheltered these ultras at Katihar.

The three top Naxal leaders had gathered at Ganesh Tola under Barsoi police station. The STF,which had got tip-off from Andhra Pradesh police,kept a house under surveillance from April 28 to April 29.

The three leaders first said they were NGO members and insisted on being taken to Patna for identification. We took it as some ploy and soon got Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh police help to identify them, said IG Dwivedi.

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The arrested ultras,now in Patna amidst tight security,will soon be shifted elsewhere.

Who are they

PULENDRA S MUKHERJEE alias Jhantu Mukherjee,69,is a Central Committee member in-charge of urban sub-committee of CPI (Maoist) in Delhi,Kolkata and Mumbai. Mukherjee,with 10 cases against him in Chhattisgarh,is also the outfits regional secretary of eastern bureau.

VARANASI SUBRAMAMIUM alias Srikant,55,is a Central Committee member and north regional bureau. He is also in-charge of the outfits information department since arrest of Naxal ideologue Kobad Ghandy. Carries Rs 12 lakh award on his head from Andhra Pradesh government.

VIJAY KUMAR ARYA,50,from Gaya,is a Central Committee member and all-India in-charge of sub-committee of mass organisation. He is facing 12 cases in Bihar,and carried Rs 3 lakh award on his head.

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