Dumka, November 14: The wife of top Maoist leader Pravir’da was today arrested in Jharkhand’s Dumka district, a senior police officer said here.
“Namita Kumari alias Manju Kumari (22) was arrested at Kathikund. She was one of the named accused in the attack on a police team on September 10 in which the Dalpahari police station incharge had been killed,” Superintendent of Police Hemant Toppo told newsmen here.
“She has confessed that she was an active member of the CPI (Maoist) and was in the firing squad during that attack on the police officer,” Toppo said.
Namita’s husband, Pravir’da is a top Naxalite and is based in Giridih district, he added.
This was the fifth Naxal arrest by Dumka police. They arrested one Maoist yesterday and three others last week.
–Agencies