Woman Maoist leader arrested in Kolkata

KOLKATA - A hardcore woman Maoist leader from Bihar, Chameli Devi, was arrested from this West Bengal capital Sunday, police said.

Acting on intelligence inputs, policemen from Bihar’s Munger district, teamed up with Special Task Force (STF) personnel of the Kolkata Police and raided a slum in the northern part of the city.

“Chameli was involved in eight cases, including the explosion in the sub-divisional office at Abeli in Kharagpur of West Midnapore district,” an STF official said.

A resident of Vikhadi village in Bihar, Chameli was active not only in her home district but also in Jhajha and Jamui of Jamui district, the official said.

She was later brought before the chief metropolitan magistrate’s court who gave her transit remand for three days to be taken to Bihar.