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Police arrest three Maoists in Jharkhand

Lohardaga, Oct 5 (ANI): Police arrested three Maoists including two men and a woman in India's red corridor of Jharkhand. Superintendent of Police (SP) of Lohardaga district said that a search operation was conducted on the tip off intelligence to nab the rebels and six different SIM cards were also recovered from the arrested Maoists. Maoists, also known as Naxals, have killed police and politicians, and targeted government buildings and railway tracks in an insurgency that has killed thousands since 1960s. The Maoists control large but poor areas of the region and often attack railway lines and mining operations to cripple economic activities. Oct 5, 2014