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16 CPI-ML Naxalites held, firearms seized


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January 22, 2005 15:54 IST

Sixteen Communist Party of India-Marxist-Leninist Naxalites were arrested and firearms, including semi-automatic rifles, were seized from them in Bettiah in Bihar's West Champaran district on Saturday.

Superintendent of Police M R Naik said a police team raided Badnihar village under Sikarpur police station in the wee hours of Saturday and nabbed the Naxalites.

Six semi-automatic rifles, 10 pistols and several rounds of ammunition were seized from them.

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