NEW DELHI, May 29 (Xinhua) -- Indian police Tuesday claimed to have arrested six hardcore left-wing Naxalite rebels in the eastern state of Jharkhand.
"The six rebels belonging to Tritiya Sammelan Prastuti Committee, a banned Naxalite outfit, were arrested from the state's Balumath area Monday. They are being interrogated in our custody," a police official said.
Some weapons have been recovered from their possession, he added.
Jharkhand is among the seven Indian states often hit by Naxalite violence.
The left-wing rebels' insurgency began in the eastern state of West Bengal in late 1960s, spreading to more than one-third of India's 600-plus administrative districts.
Though major offensives by security forces in recent years have pushed the rebels back to their forest strongholds and the levels of violence have fallen, but hit-and-run attacks are still common, killing people, mostly security personnel, every year.
