On Thursday, a Special Task Force of Kolkata Police arrested a top Maoist leader in Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari announced.
The arrested individual, Asim Mandal, also known as Akash, is a central committee member and secretary of the West Bengal State Committee of CPI(Maoist). He was found in Lalat in the Patashpur area of the district.
Adhikari praised the police for tracking and capturing Akash after he had evaded law enforcement for more than 15 years across interstate forest belts. He cited sharp technical intelligence as key to the operation.
The chief minister declared that the West Bengal government will not tolerate any attempt to revive or expand the network of “red terror” within state borders. He warned that no extremist ideology would jeopardise public safety or development, and that the law would take its strictest course against such attempts.
