Suspected Maoist arrested in Delhi

New Delhi: A suspected Maoist belonging to People's War Group was arrested in the capital, police said on Friday.

Pradeep Kumar, hailing from Jharkhand, was apprehended from Rohini area on Thursday, a senior police official said.

Acting on a tip off about his presence in the area, he said, a team of Crime Branch laid a trap and caught him. Kumar is being questioned by police.

He was allegedly hiding in Noida since February 2012. He escaped to Delhi when there was a crackdown on a Maoist training camp in the Saryu forests, in which seven Naxals were killed.

Kumar has reportedly been with the Peoples War Group since 1990.

(With additional information from PTI)