Mathurapur (West Medinipur), 8th April: At present, West Medinipur is mostly affected by Maoist hostility and it is spreading out all over the West Bengal and in other state also. After the terrible incident of 76 CRPF murder, the Maoists became more mentally powerful.
But on this Thursday they get a shock as a Maoist leader was arrested throughout a hunt operation by the combined force at Mathurapur in West Midnapore district.
This combined forces also seized an enormous collection of weapons those looted by the Maoists for the duration of an attack on the Eastern Frontier Rifles’ Shilda camp on February 15.
The Superintendent of Police Medinipur, Manoj Verma mentioned, “Yesterday we commenced the special operation at two places that ended today. The rest of the forces are expected to return anytime today. The two locations where we conducted the operation was under Salboni Police Station at a place named Mathurapur and also the adjoining forest area. We recovered six rifles-12 bore with 17 rounds, medicines. Also there was ammunition – 8 mm 55 rounds, 9 mm 20 rounds and leaflets. We have apprehended a person named Harland Mahato who now in our custody,”