2 suspected Maoists nabbed with firearms near Mamata Banerjee's Kolkata residence
According to reports, the duo- a man and a woman- was booked with firearms and ammunition in the morning.
"We detained two suspected members of Naxalite groups from Harish Chatterjee Street today morning and seized firearms from their possessions," a local police official told IBNS.
After hour-long interrogation, the suspects were arrested and handed over to city police's Special Task Force (STF), reports said.
A senior official of Kolkata Police's STF claimed that during interrogation the duo confessed their links with Maoist groups.
"While being quizzed, they claimed that their names are Sundari Singh Sardar and Sujat Singura, and they are the residents of Baghmundi in West Bengal's Purulia district," the officer told IBNS.
"They also confessed that they were active members of Maoist group's Baghmundi unit and the duo claimed that they came to meet Chief Minister as they wanted to surrender before her," the police official added.
STF, however, have started investigation into the case.
(Reporting by Deepayan Sinha)
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