Police Arrest Maoists Planning to Disrupt Independence Day Parade
Patna: Aug. 13, 2007
The Patna police on Monday captured two suspected Maoist guerillas who, they said, were in the state capital to carry out their dangerous plan to disrupt the Independence Day celebration at Gandhi Maidan, authorities said.
Mahendra Prasad and Vinod Kumar, both wanted by the Bihar police for over a decade for their roles in a number of deadly incidents, were arrested by a special police team under Gardanibagh police station as the two returned to their hideout on foot from the Beur Jail after holding a meeting with their comrades in the prison.
Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Kundan Krishnan said the arrests of Prasad and Kumar were the result of an intelligence report that warned of a possible Maoist attack at Gandhi Maidan during the Independence Day celebration on Aug. 15.
The two men had been wanted in the 1997 killing of several police officials including the police station in-charge of Paliganj in Patna district, officials said.
Police are interrogating the ultras in an attempt to understand the scope of their plan and the extent of damage they intended to cause during the Independence Day festivity.
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