Assam police arrests senior Maoist leader in Guwahati

GUWAHATI: The Assam police's Special Task Force (STF) on Monday (January 15) arrested an alleged senior functionary of the banned Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) from Assam’s Guwahati.

The STF had received a source information that one Amiruddin Ahmed (54) aka Sunil aka Surjya, s/o Late Arifuddin Ahmed, hailing from Satsiya Pokia village under Fakirganj police station in Dhubri district of Assam, would be arriving at the Inter-State Bus Terminus (ISBT) in Guwahati from Barak Valley. 

Based on the information, the team of STF apprehended Ahmed from Guwahati’s ISBT.

The alleged senior Maoist leader joined the CPI-Maoist in the year 2009 and was allegedly officiating as a mass organiser in the Cachar area of Barak Valley and also as the observer for Dibrugarh district in Assam.

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The accused was camping in various Adivasi inhabited areas of the Barak Valley and working for the organisational activities.

Ahmed’s wife Nirmala Biswas aka Seema aka Subhra, is also allegedly a senior functionary of the CPI-Maoist, who is operating from West Bengal.

A case has been registered at the STF police station and the arrested alleged Maoist leader will be produced before a court later on Tuesday (January 16) and necessary legal action will follow.