Hardcore Maoist held in Bihar

BANKA: A hardcore Maoist, carrying a reward of Rs. 50,000 on his head, has been arrested from a place under Belhar police station area in Bihar's Banka district, police said today.

Acting on a tip-off, a joint team of Banka and Jamui police nabbed the hardcore Maoist, identified as Rakesh Kumar alias Avinash, from Belahana locality last night where he was going to attend a marriage function, the Superintendent of Police (SP) Vikas Varman said.

The ultra was wanted in over a dozen cases of naxal violence in Banka, Jamui and Munger districts, he said.