Suspected Maoist held from Govandi

REVOLVER SEIZED

Mateen Hafeez TNN TNN

Mumbai: The Maharashtra anti-terrorism squad (ATS) on Monday arrested a 35-year-old suspected Maoist from Govandi on Tuesday.

ATS chief Rakesh Maria said that they had received a tip-off that someone known as Akher was hiding in a Govandi slum and he possessed revolvers. ‘‘Our men laid a trap outside the Qureshi mosque and nabbed him. During interrogation, he revealed that his name was Gaffar Mandal and was wanted for three cases in West Bengal,’’ Maria said. The police recovered a country-made revolver and live cartridges from him. Akher was also involved in a bomb blast in Bengal in December last year,in whichone person waskilled.


The Times of India, March 16, 2011