Guwahati Police held 3 for suspected Maoist links

Three persons with suspected Maoist links were apprehended from different parts of Assam, police said on Monday.

One of those arrested from the Cachar district allegedly had links with Maoist leader Arun Kumar Bhattacharjee, known by his nom de guerre ‘Kanchan Da’, they said.

The other two persons were nabbed from Dibrugarh by the Army, they added. Cachar’s Superintendent of Police Numal Mahatta told PTI that one Dharitri Sharma was arrested on Saturday night.