<p>In a major breakthrough, the police have arrested a prominent Maoist leader and the member of the Maharashtra State Naxal Committee from Talodhi village near here, police said on Sunday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Maroti Kurwatkar, who is the second in-command in the state committee and is a Professional Revolutionary (PR), besides being a Political Body member of the Maharashtra State Committee, was nabbed by the elite C-60 and Naxal Cell squad of Chandrapur Police yesterday from Talodi bus stand after a brief chase.<br /><br />Briefing mediapersons today, DSP Mohammed Suvez Haque, said the five-member police team, including two sub-inspectors and three constables drawn from the Naxal Cell and C-60 squad, apprehended the Red ultra when he was heading towards Talodhi village on a bike taking a lift from an unknown person.<br /><br />"The cops gave him (Kurwatkar) a chase for around 2-3 km and detained him at the bus stand there. During the interrogation, Kurwatkar accepted that he is a Maoist. After preliminary investigations, we have concluded that the detained person is in fact Maroti Kurwatkar," he said, adding a diary containing some codes which could be very useful for further investigation was found on the accused.<br /><br />"Kurwatkar is well-educated and can speak English, Hindi and Marathi fluently. After his graduation, he joined Dalam and went on to become a hardcore naxalite. He is a chief of Chandrapur Area Committee and member of the Maharashtra State Committee for several years," Haque said.<br /><br />Throwing more light on the background of the outlaw, the SP said the Maoist State Committee had also assigned the responsibility of the Bramhapuri Committee, having a codename of 'White House' to Kurwatkar.<br /><br />"He was actively involved in dumping of arms and ammunition at Ramala talao and distributing provocative handouts in Chandrapur city," Haque said. According to police, Kurwatkar is a native of village Temburwahi in Rajura tehsil and his father happens to be a farmer.<br /><br />The Red ultra, who was booked under various sections of IPC, was today produced before a local court which remanded him to police custody till February 3, district police PRO Rahul Katukar said.</p>
<p>In a major breakthrough, the police have arrested a prominent Maoist leader and the member of the Maharashtra State Naxal Committee from Talodhi village near here, police said on Sunday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Maroti Kurwatkar, who is the second in-command in the state committee and is a Professional Revolutionary (PR), besides being a Political Body member of the Maharashtra State Committee, was nabbed by the elite C-60 and Naxal Cell squad of Chandrapur Police yesterday from Talodi bus stand after a brief chase.<br /><br />Briefing mediapersons today, DSP Mohammed Suvez Haque, said the five-member police team, including two sub-inspectors and three constables drawn from the Naxal Cell and C-60 squad, apprehended the Red ultra when he was heading towards Talodhi village on a bike taking a lift from an unknown person.<br /><br />"The cops gave him (Kurwatkar) a chase for around 2-3 km and detained him at the bus stand there. During the interrogation, Kurwatkar accepted that he is a Maoist. After preliminary investigations, we have concluded that the detained person is in fact Maroti Kurwatkar," he said, adding a diary containing some codes which could be very useful for further investigation was found on the accused.<br /><br />"Kurwatkar is well-educated and can speak English, Hindi and Marathi fluently. After his graduation, he joined Dalam and went on to become a hardcore naxalite. He is a chief of Chandrapur Area Committee and member of the Maharashtra State Committee for several years," Haque said.<br /><br />Throwing more light on the background of the outlaw, the SP said the Maoist State Committee had also assigned the responsibility of the Bramhapuri Committee, having a codename of 'White House' to Kurwatkar.<br /><br />"He was actively involved in dumping of arms and ammunition at Ramala talao and distributing provocative handouts in Chandrapur city," Haque said. According to police, Kurwatkar is a native of village Temburwahi in Rajura tehsil and his father happens to be a farmer.<br /><br />The Red ultra, who was booked under various sections of IPC, was today produced before a local court which remanded him to police custody till February 3, district police PRO Rahul Katukar said.</p>