Police suspected that Ajit Mishra, who was posted at that school, was involved in supplying explosives, remote control devices, fuse wires and other equipment to the Maoists that was used in several explosions in Rohtas and neighbouring districts.

Rohtas Superintendent of Police Manu Maharaj said: "Police have been interrogating Mishra after he was arrested from his native village Tiara Kala following continuous electronic surveillance and intelligence inputs."

The banned Communist Party of India-Maoist guerrillas have blasted nearly half a dozen state run schools in the last five months in Gaya, Aurangabad, Banka, Jamui and Rohtas districts.

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Strange thing is happening in Bihar like Chhatishgarh , Andhra Pradeshetc. Once again Bihar police has framed a teacher for helping Naxalites for so called supplying explosives to blast school without going intensively into investigation, Bihar police always remain in hurry for gloriyfying their achievements! If the fact is correct (Only be known by intesive interrogation and investigation), the arrest of teacher is right if not this is state terror! Similarly many sympathisers of Naxalites have been arrested like Dr Vinayak and others by Chhatishgarh police without any proper investigation. Trend is similar throughout the country-why this I cannot sympathise a person or a group of persons, doing something tanmgible for upliftment of poor and tribals. Not only that, could anybody not help a man , who is in agonising trouble wheather he is a criminal , terrorists, or anybody like Naxalites. Naxalites are not terrorists! Bihar police should properly investigate the matter and come to the conclusion in framing the teacher and arresting and torturing him! Are we not a civilised country where fundamental rights are guaranteed under the Constitution!
K K Singh, journalist, retired from Times of India as chief reporter and based at Patna.