Commissioner Nand said that after years of involvement, Patra now wishes to lead a normal life and return to the mainstream.

Kolkata Police on Tuesday arrested Shraddha Biswas, alias Bela, a veteran Maoist leader from Jharkhand, from the North Kashipur area. A resident of Chakdaha in Nadia, Bela was a member of the Maoists’ Jharkhand Regional Committee and had been active in that state for long.

In a separate development, Madhai Patra, a Maoist from Hooghly who was also active in Jharkhand, surrendered to police on Tuesday.

Addressing a press conference at Alipore Bodyguard Lines on Tuesday afternoon, Kolkata Police Commissioner Ajay Nand said Bela was apprehended acting on a tip-off. She had recently come to Kolkata for unknown reasons. Investigations are on to ascertain when she arrived in the city and the purpose of her visit.…