SUPERINTENDENT OF Police of Maharajganj district Tarun Gaba claimed here five Maoists activists arrested at Bhediya village under Nichlaul police station of Maharajganj district did not intend to commit any crime or explosion in India.
He claimed that the police had recovered two hand grenades, two .9 mm pistols and five magazines of live cartridges from the arrested Maoists, all residents of Naval Prasi district of Nepal.
To recall five Maoists was nabbed by the villagers in intervening night of April 11/12 from a canal under Thoothibari police station.
The Superintendent of Police admitted the Maoists were targeting members of Partikar Toli (an organisation of the local people to counter the Maoists activists), namely Murai Kushwaha, Munna Khan, Tikar, Pheku and Pappu. Police were interrogating the Maoists identified as Ram Chandra Kurmi, Lal Bahadur Harijan, Dilip and Ramesh Rajbhar.
The Superintendent of Police claimed that the district police had made a strategy to counter the efforts of Nepalese Maoists entering into India territory.
The district police had also registered a case against the Maoists activists under the Indian Penal Code (IPC).