Kolkata, May 12 -- Kolkata Police on Tuesday arrested alleged Maoist leader Shraddha Biswas alias Bela, a regional committee member of the BORC Jharkhand outfit, while also detaining Bangla Pokkho chief Garga Chatterjee over social media posts related to EVM tampering allegations and content allegedly capable of creating social discord.

Addressing a press conference, Kolkata Police Commissioner Ajay Nand said Shraddha Biswas had been active in Maoist operations across parts of Jharkhand since 2006 and was apprehended based on intelligence inputs.

"Today, we have arrested one regional committee member of BORC Jharkhand. Her name is Shraddha Biswas, alias Bela. She was active from 2006 till date in areas of Ghatshila, East Singhbhum and W...