Medininagar, Sep 3: Two Maoists were arrested with Rs 5 lakh cash in Jharkhand’s Palamu district on Sunday, police said.
The two Maoists were arrested from the Chhatarpur area, around 215 km from the state capital Ranchi.
Chattarpur SDPO Ajay Kumar said the two Maoists were caught when they were going to deliver Rs 5 lakh to their self-proclaimed ‘commander’ Nitish Yadav after collecting extortion money from the area. Nitish carries a cash reward of Rs 10 lakh on his head, Kumar said.
“The arrested Maoists are being interrogated. On the basis of the information received from them, a search operation is being conducted in the bordering area of the district,” he said. (PTI)
