Title - Maoist leader Kishenji's aide arrested at Ranchi railway station

RANCHI: A principal aide of late Maoist leader Kishenji was arrested from Ranchi railway station on Sunday sending the Communist Party of India (Maoist) into tizzy.A team of district police arrested Nanduji alias Ramdas, who has worked as a secretary in Jammui zone and as a member of Bihar-Jharkhand-Odisha-North-Chhatisgrah special area committee, in the evening.Police who kept a close watch on all outgoing trains from the state capital seized arms from Nanduji who was travelling like a common man to avoid arrest. "He has admitted masterminding a number of incidents in Jharkhand," said a police source.A postgraduate in social work, he hails from Banka district in Bihar and was currently working as a member of sub-committee on political education.Police said Nanduji was engaged in training new recruits in various parts of Jharkhand, Bihar, Odisha and Chhattisgrah. From 2003 onwards, he has worked with senior Maoists like Kishenji, Prashant Bose, Misir Besra, Anal Da, Motilal Soren alias Rajuji and Sunil Manjhi, Baidyanath Tiwary alias Bhagwan Da, Amlesh Manjhi alias Prawesh Manjhi and Chiragji. Nanduji has also confessed that he was one of the masterminds behind scores of Maoists activities carried out in various parts of Jharkhand since 2003. He could provide clues to catch more rebels. "We are interrogating him to unearth his networks in Ranchi. Some arms have also been seized from him," said senior superintendent of police Saket Kumar Singh.