Guwahati: The police arrested a trade union leader in Silchar of Assam on Monday on the grounds that he may have connections to Maoists.
According to reports, the police detained the Assam Wage Workers’ Union district secretary for Cachar.
The union leader Dharitri Sharma was arrested during an operation in Silchar that a Crime Branch unit from Guwahati was carrying out.
Sharma was taken into custody by authorities at his home in Sonapur, Borkhola, in the state’s Cachar district.
Dharitri Sharma was detained, and the Crime Branch team brought him to Guwahati for additional questioning.
According to authorities, he was detained in response to information provided by fervent Maoist commander Kanchan da, who had already been detained in connection with the case.
It should be mentioned that on April 7, 2022, Assam police detained a guy in the Kamrup area over allegations of ties to Maoist organisations.
The arrested individual, identified as Hridoy Kalita was taken into custody at his Chaygaon home outside of Guwahati.
Reportedly, the investigation following the month prior arrest of Maoist Central Committee chairman Kanchan Da served as the basis for the arrest.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma had said then the state police are successfully combating a resurgence of Maoists aiming to build a foothold in Assam.
He further claimed that Assam’s Maoist network would soon be destroyed.
On March 7, prominent Maoist leader, Arun Kumar Bhattacharya alias Kanchan da was arrested from Assam’s Cachar district. He was a CPI-Maoist central committee member.
According to Guwahati Police Commissioner Harmeet Singh, the 70-year-old maoist leader is the target of more than 200 charges.
Moreover, he revealed that the arrestee’s fellow core Maoist committee member had a hefty price on his head.