Police arrest para-teacher for helping Naxalites, seize evidence

Seraikela: Seraikela-Kharsawan police today arrested one Bhuvneshwar Singh Munda, a resident of Murumdih under Kuchai police station area, for his alleged links with Naxalites.

Superintendent of police, Seraikela-Kharsawan, Madan Mohan Lal, said the accused, a para teacher in a local school, was arrested on the basis of tip-off. He said the accused allegedly helped Naxalites in cash and kind. Munda, a graduate, has been posted as a para teacher in Silaghati School of Kuchai since the year 2005, he said.

The SP further said that Munda�s maternal uncle Amit Munda worked for Naxalite leader Maharaja Pramanik for a long time. �The accused has been helping the Naxalites by tipping them off about police action and movement.

We have recovered Naxalite uniform and literature from his possession. We have also confiscated his mobile phone. We are trying to find out his phone call details,� said the SP.

Police have lodged an FIR against Munda and begun a search for his associates on the basis of his interrogation.