Six Maoists held in Aurangabad

Aurangabad: Police on Saturday arrested six suspected Maoists, who were allegedly involved in an attack on solar power project at Baksh Bigha village under Kasama police station 17 days back.
A police team led by SP Babu Ram raided the suspected hideouts of Maoists with the help of STF and CRPF personnel and arrested six rebels, two of whom were also wanted in connection with an attack on MVL camp office under Goh police station in which two policemen were killed and 30 highly sophisticated police weapons were looted.
“The arrested Maoists have been identified as Veera Das, Awadhesh Thakur, Akhilesh Yadav, Ramashray Yadav, Mathura Yadav and Bhuneshwar Bhuiya,” the SP said.
The Maoists had attacked the solar power project of a Mumbai-based company. After the completion of Rs 500 crore project, the district is expected to get 12 MW of power. However, the Maoist attack has badly affected the project.