Information About Incident 62100-124723-316171 in Pashchim Singhbhum India

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The West Singhbhum District Police of Jharkhand arrested four Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres, including a self-styled Chairman of Krantikari Kisan Committee [(KCC) (Revolutionary Farmers' Committee)], a frontal organisation of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) from Chiria in Manoharpur, on February 28 and March 1, reports The Times of India.

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The West Singhbhum District Police of Jharkhand arrested four Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres, including a self-styled Chairman of Krantikari Kisan Committee [(KCC) (Revolutionary Farmers Committee)], a frontal organisation of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) from Chiria in Manoharpur, on February 28 and March 1, reports The Times of India. The four Maoists were identified as KCC 'chairman' Vishnu Cherwa, Mangal Surin, Dubi Guria and Birsa, all in their mid thirties. Of the four rebels, Cherwa was the first to be arrested on February 28 while the rest were arrested early on March 1. The Maoists were arrested in a joint search operation of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and District Police. Landmine weighing 40kg, hand grenade, three single-shot barrel and pistol were recovered from the Maoists. Commenting on the matter, the West Singhbhum Superintendent of Police (SP), Pankaj Kamboj, said They were holed up in the (Saranda) forest for the past few days. Police caught them during joint search operation.

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62100-124723-316171 3/2/2013 India Four Maoists arrested in Jharkhand

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