<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"></p>''<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">MaharashtraPolice has confirmed the arrest of Maoist cadre Narmada and husband KiranKumar. Briefing to the media today, Gadchiroli Superintendent of police ShaileshBalkawde said that both of them have been sent to 7 days police custody by alocal court. </span></p>''<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:times new roman;mso-bidi-font-family:mangal;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;color:#222222"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>''<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:times new roman;color:#222222">MrBalkawde informed that Narmada has been heading Maoist operations in theGadchiroli division for more than a decade. She has been named in manyincidents including the ambush of 15 policemen on May 1st this year. The arrestis being seen as a big blow to the Naxal movement in the Gadchiroli district.<o:p /></span></p>''<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:times new roman;mso-bidi-font-family:mangal;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;color:#222222"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>''<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:times new roman;color:#222222">Duringthe press Conference, Mr Balkawde appealed to the villagers of Gadchiroli tocome forward against the Naxal movement<b>.</b></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><o:p /></span></p><br />''<p></p>