Inter-state Maoist arms racket busted: police

The MAOISTS untill now are considered a threat in the interior areas of the country but seems like they have places in the capital of the India too. This PTI report proves something if not indicates to a bigger problem.

STAFF REPORTER 16:56 HRS IST
Ranchi/New Delhi, July 15 (PTI) An inter-state Maoist arms racket has been busted with the arrest of a businessman in the national capital and his counterpart in Jharkhand with recovery of a huge cache of bulletproof jackets and sophisticated gadgets.

"He is not a Naxal. His involvement was completely commercial. He was procuring equipment which are illegal.He is part of procuring some material and equipment for operational purposes (of Naxals)," Delhi Police Commissioner Y S Dadwal said providing information about the arrested businessman Praveen Sharma.

Sharma's custody will be transferred to Jharkhand police as he was wanted by them. By profession he is an electronics trader, Dadwal said.

The arrest of the businessman in Palika Bazaar area of Connaught Place yesterday was effected after Jharkhand Police tipped their counterparts in Delhi about his role as weapon supplier to banned Maoist groups, sources here said.

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