Baripada (Orissa), December 24: A 60-year-old man and a teen-aged boy, suspected to be Maoists, were arrested today for allegedly launching an attack on the Similipal National Park in March.
Police sources said the man, Laxminarayan Isa, who belonged to Kanshpada village of West Bengal’s Burdwan district and the 15-year-old Kanhu Barik, a resident of Badauski village within the national park, were arrested for their alleged role in the attack and suspected links with the Maoists.
“Criminal cases were earlier registered against the two following the Maoist attack on the national park,” Additional SP of Mayurbhanj district Chintamani Panda said.
Maoists had attacked the range office within the National Park on March 28 and 29.
–Agencies