Cong leader held for arms supply to Naxals
In a significant development, the Gadchiroli police has finally managed to arrest a local Congress leader from Gadchiroli, who was allegedly supplying arms and ammunition to the Naxals.
The police has arrested former zilla parishad president of Gadchiroli and Congress leader Bandopant Mallelwar.
The police has been on the hunt for Mallelwar and his brother Narendra ever since it intercepted an ambulance ferrying arms and ammunition, explosives and medical supplies to Naxals in Bhamragarh, Gadhchiroli.
Four people, who were arrested in the case, had revealed that Mallelwar and the medical officer of the Porla primary health centre Dr Ravindra Karpe, had sent the weapons and ammunition for the Naxals.
Mallelwar, his brother Narendra, and Dr Karpe went absconding after the police seizure.
The police even began the process of auctioning the properties of Mallelwar and his brother as they were declared offenders.
Incidentally, this is not the first time that the Mallewars have been accused of funding Naxals; in 2001, the police recovered `11 lakh after the interrogation of some Naxalites, who told the police about the money that was being sent to them. A
gain in 2001, a vehicle in which Mallelwar was travelling was intercepted; he was found carrying `6 lakh in cash for the
Naxals. While Mallelwar has been arrested his brother Narendra and Dr Karpe are still absconding.
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