Ten Naxals arrested

KOLKATA: The West Bengal government on Sunday asked the Maoists in Lalgarh to surrender arms and co-operate with the government. The state administration also made a breakthrough by arresting 10 Maoists from the adjoining areas of Pirakata and Sarenga.

Sources said the police is yet to find out how deeply these persons were involved with the Maoist movement in Lalgarh. ���Some of them were Maoist linkmen who used to supply information to Maoist leaders about the movement of central forces,��� said a state police official.

���We are trying to get necessary information from these arrested persons about the Maoist agitation,��� the official said. All these arrested persons have been kept in some undisclosed locations.

���We are also trying to provide foodgrain and supply money to the affected people of Lalgarh who are now not in a position to earn their livelihood due to the Maoist agitation in the area,��� West Bengal chief secretary Ashok Mohan Chakraborty told reporters at Writers��� Buildings.