Jhargram (West Bengal), April 24 (ANI): Police in West Bengal's Jhargram District arrested two Maoists and recovered the skeletal remains of three persons on Wednesday.
Superintendent of Police of Jhargram, Bharati Ghosh said: "Belpahari Police and Additional Superintendent of Police (head quarters) recovered those dead bodies. China alias Subodh Hansda who is a well known Maoist leader of Binpur has been taken into police remand and we located a dead body of Sukhomoy Hembram. Through another Maoist leader Bhagabat Hansda, we located two dead bodies of Ganesh Soren and Jiten Murmu. The three dead bodies had been identified by family members. Two cases are running in Belpahari police station and the investigation continues."
Recently police arrested rebels from Jhargram in eastern West Bengal state, a Maoist hot-bed.
The arrested Maoists helped security forces trace the skeletal remains of three persons, out of which one was identified as a retired sub-inspector.
Maoists have significantly increased their presence in tribal and rural regions in the states of Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal and Odisha.
The Maoists say they are fighting for the rights of millions of landless labourers and marginal farmers.
The Maoists have killed police and politicians, and targeted government buildings and railway tracks in an insurgency that has killed thousands since the 1960s. (ANI)
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