In a major breakthrough, security forces on Thursday arrested a top zonal commander of the Maoists in Jharkhand from Assam. Disclosing that top Maoist commander Anand Kharwar was caught with his brother-in-law Anil Singh, authoritative security sources told this newspaper that the duo was picked up from Tezpur in Northern Assam’s Sonitpur district. Pointing out that Kharwar was the zonal commander of Latehar Zone and wanted in at least 18 criminal cases of Jharkhand, security sources said that he had been staying at his brother-in-law’s house in Tezpur for past few days. The dreaded Maoist leader who carries a reward of '5 lakh on his head is suspected to have been in Assam for some financial dealing. Security sources said that they were chasing the movement of Kharwar for past few weeks. Informing that he is being brought to Guwahati for interrogation, security sources said Anil Singh, who was also arrested, works for a Kolkata-based power company Hindustan Electrical.
