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Woman Naxal arrested in Sonebhadra
A WOMAN Naxalite, carrying Rs 2500 reward on her head, was arrested by cops in Nai Bazar Kasba area in Robertsganj in Sonebhadra district on Tuesday evening. Identified as Naupuri Devi, a resident of Kon police station area in the same district, the woman was wanted in several cases of crime and was actively associated with Naxalites. She was sent to jail on Wednesday. SP Raghuwair Lal interrogated the woman for several hours and got vital information about Naxal activities in the district.
A WOMAN Naxalite, carrying Rs 2500 reward on her head, was arrested by cops in Nai Bazar Kasba area in Robertsganj in Sonebhadra district on Tuesday evening. Identified as Naupuri Devi, a resident of Kon police station area in the same district, the woman was wanted in several cases of crime and was actively associated with Naxalites. She was sent to jail on Wednesday.
Superintendent of police Raghuwair Lal interrogated the woman for several hours and got vital information about Naxal activities in the district.
According to information, the arrested woman was the wife of one Raj Kishre Choudhry. She was allegedly involved in the attack on the house of one Krishna Choudhry in Naikaha village under Kon police station in the year 2002 when a gang of Naxals set on fire Krishna’s house and tractor. Naupuri Devi’s property was attached in the year 2002 and a reward of Rs 2500 on her arrest was declared. Since then, she was hiding in Jharkhand. On a tip off, police arrested her in Sonebhadra on Tuesday evening.
Man shot dead: A man was shot dead at Nawli village under the Sohawal police station in Ghazipur district on Wednesday. The attacker fled the scene soon after the crime. The injured has been identified as Mohammand Haquiqe. The cause of attack is stated to be the fallout of an old enmity.
Police launched a massive manhunt to nab the attacker but he could not be traced out.
Mohammand Haquiqe, of Newli village, used to run a shop of consumer products in Newli Bazar. He had left for the shop from in the morning. As he covered a short distance a man appeared before him and shot at him from point blank range. After sustaining bullet in his chest Haquiqe slumped to the floor bleeding profusely. The attacker managed to flee the scene.
On getting information, the police rushed the spot and took the injured to the government hospital from where he was referred to another hospital in Varanasi but he succumbed to his injuries on the way.
Sources said, there was a scuffle between two groups in the village one year back. Haquiqe belonged to one group. Matter had reached the police and the case came under consideration of court. Haquiqe was persistently giving evidence in the court against a rival group. He was being threatened not to give his statement in the court. It is suspected that he did not succumb to the pressure of the rival group and so he was killed today.
