Chameli Das was wanted in connection with at least seven cases, including the blowing up of Abeli SDO office in Kharagpur in 2008 and killing of a policeman in the same year, STF sources said today.
Chameli, 40, wife of Badri Das, had come to Kolkata for undergoing eye treatment, the sources said.
On a specific tip-off, a Bihar Police team came to Kolkata and with the help of Kolkata STF picked her up from a relative's house in central Kolkata, the sources said.Originally a resident of Vikhadi under Sangrampur police station in Muger district in Bihar, "she had been a hardcore Maoist and she is well-known in Jhajha and Jamui areas", the source said.
"She will be produced in a court today for transit remand," the source said.
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