Somen a top Maoist leader arrested
A top Maoist leader who was responsible for operations in West Bengal & neighbouring Orissa & Jharkhand was arrested by the CID on Saturday. The CID on Saturday arrested the 55 years old Maoist leader, known as Somen alias Bidhan, from Hridaypur railway station in North 24 Parganas district.
Somen was the West Bengal general secretary of the CPI from the last three years. Somen is a resident of Khardah in North 24 Parganas district & his orginal name is Himadri Sen Roy. He is survived by a wife & a son who is studying in class IX.
After starting his political life in the CPI, Somen joined the erstwhile People’s War Group & now in the CPI as it is known after the merger of PWG & other naxalite outfits.
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