Bihar Police Arrested Extortionist from Gaya with Rs 1.98 Lakh

Gaya: The Bihar Police have arrested a man from the left extremism-affected Gaya district for extorting money in the name of the banned organization Communist Party of India (Maoist), a senior officer said. The police have recovered Rs 1.98 lakh of illicit money from the arrested person. Gaya Senior Superintendent of Police Rajiv Kumar Mishra said on Thursday that the police had received information that a person used to collect money on behalf of a Maoist

gang. On the basis of the information, the district police, Special Task Force (STF) and CRPF personnel arrested Vikas Kumar on Wednesday and recovered money he was extorting from local contractors. (IANS)

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