On June 14, 2011 The Pioneer reported that a top Maoist leader has been arrested in Bihar. He was carrying a reward of Rs. 2 lakh on his head. According to the State police, Jagdish Yadav alias Jagdish Master was arrested from Gaya where he was undergoing medical treatment at a doctor’s clinic. The doctor, Lalji Prasad too was later arrested from a village. “A joint team of Special Task Force of Bihar Police, District Armed Police and CRPF surrounded a private clinic at Guraru Bazaar and captured the Naxal leader on Sunday night,” Gaya Superintendent of Police Vinay Kumar, who was leading the team, informed. Acting on a tip-off the police team surrounded Sharda Seva Kendra, a private clinic where the Maoist leader was being treated, and arrested him.

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On June 03, 2011 The Pioneer reported that an alleged ISI agent, who was providing vital information related to Military installations in Roorkee and Meerut, to an officer of the Pakistani intelligence agency, was on Wednesday evening arrested from Roorkee. A resident of Meerut, Furkan Ahmed Ansari, alias KK, alias Ajay was arrested from Roorkee railway station on Wednesday evening, while he was about to catch a train. Police recovered several important maps and photographs of Military installations in Roorkee and Meerut from Furkan. Furkan is presently being jointly interrogated by Haridwar district police and Central and Military intelligence groups.

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On June 03, 2011 The Pioneer reported that Odisha Police on Thursday took top Maoist leader Duna Keshav Rao alias Azad in custody and produced him before the SDJM court, Nayagarh. Though the Crime Branch ADG claimed that Azad was arrested from the State capital on Wednesday his family said he was handed over by the Andhra Pradesh Police to their Odisha counterparts. He said the police made a request for remand of Azad and the court granted them 72 hours custody. After he was produced in the court he has been lodged in the Jharpara Special jail here. Sources said the top Maoist will be grilled for his involvement in the murder of Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati, the attack on R Udaygiri jail, the onslaught on Nayagarh police armoury and the blowing of an ambulance in Kandhamal.

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On May 30, 2011 The Pioneer reported that a hardcore Maoist couple surrendered before the police here on Sunday. Puri Superintendent of Police Sanjay Kumar presented the duo before the media. The couple was identified as Aniruddha Behera alias Prakash (36) of Arilo village under the Nimapada police limits in Puri district while his wife Rajalaxmi Biswal alias Nikku (22) hailing from Paikakula village of Jagatsinghpur district. Aniruddha was a member of the Maoist Ghumusar Division while his spouse was acting as bodyguard of top Maoist Sabyasachi Panda as well as the secretary to the cultural committee of the Ghumusar Division.

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On May 19, 2011 Hindustan Times reported that four Maoists, including a woman, have been arrested in Lohardaga district of Jharkhand in connection with the Dhardhadia ambush in which 11 security men were killed on May 3, the police said on Wednesday. Suna Kharva, Bishnu Asur, Sudhua Asur and 20-year-old Rehena Khatun were arrested on Tuesday from Chanduagarh village, superintendent of police AV Minz told reporters. “After interrogation, they confessed to their involvement in the incident. It was Suna who’d called up the police to say that 10 Maoists had congregated at Dhardhadia. A series of landmines was set off when the team reached there,“ Minz said.

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On April 12, 2011 The Hindu reported that city police on Monday arrested four persons in connection with the murder of a person Mohd. Jahangir of Bhongir in Nalgonda, committed nearly two months ago at Uppal. Jahangir was an associate of surrendered naxalite Nayeemuddin alias Nayeem, whose name figured in several murder cases, including the recent killing of another surrendered naxalite and TRS leader Sambashivudu, the police said. The arrested persons Mohd. Amer, 22.

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On March 22, 2011 Times of India reported that Six Maoist militia members were arrested in Charla mandal of Khammam district on Monday. The six members of Bhoomkal militia group were arrested during combing operations by the cops in the forests of Charla.

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On March 08, 2011 Hindustan Times reported that the state special operations cell, a unit of the Punjab Police intelligence wing, arrested Sohan Singh, a Khalistan Commando Force (KCF) terrorist, near the general bus terminus here on Sunday evening. A resident of Sur Singh village in Tarn Taran district, Sohan Singh, alias Sohanjit Singh, was wanted in connection with the recovery of a car packed with explosives near the local Circuit House in May last year.

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On February 28, 2011 Times of India reported that the police registered kidnapping cases against Maoists Prasad, Ganesh, Chanti, Anand Rao and others at Chitrakonda police station on Sunday. They have been charged with allegedly abducting Malkangiri collector R Vineel Krishna and junior engineer Pabitra Majhi, more than 10 days after they were abducted. Krishna and Majhi returned last week after the Orissa government agreed to set free five Maoists.

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On February 18, 2011 Deccan Chronicle reported that the Special Intelligence Branch of AP Police believes that Orissa Maoists got locals to lure the Malkangiri district collector, Mr R. Vineel Krishna, into their trap in a remote village in the district near the AP border on Wednesday evening. “Local people asked him to visit the village stating that they are facing serious water scarcity and other problems,” said an intelligence official. “The collector who was involved in village contact programmes walked into the trap.”

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