People revolt as police arrest a Maoist, fires 20 rounds

Midnapore, Feb 02 (UNI) Police today fired 20 rounds in the air at Birulia village under Belpahari Police Station to disperse a mob, that prevented the police from arresting a Maoist leader.

West Midnapore Superintendent of Police Raja Rajshekharan said the police had to fire 20 rounds in the air as the local people prevented them to arrest maoist leader Jugal Kishore.

However, no one was injured in the firings, he added.

He further said two other maoists, Nirmal Mahato and Jamini Mahato, were also arrested from Bamundiha village near here after getting informations from Jugal.

Nirmal was involved in a Bomb blast on February 25, 2005, that killed four pepole near Belpahari, and Jamini was an Ex-Zilla Parishad Member elected on Jharkhand Party ticket.

Police also recovered some incriminating documents from Jugal's possession.

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