Ranchi, July 17 - Jharkhand police will interrogate the trader arrested in Delhi Tuesday for allegedly supplying sophisticated wireless sets and modern equipment to Maoists in the state, officials said here Friday.

According to police sources, Praveen Sharma, who was arrested from Delhi's Palika Bazaar, has been taken on transit remand from Delhi Police.

'Praveen Sharma will be interrogated in Ranchi and we will try to find out the details of delivery of the consignment. We will also try to find out about past consignments and the people involved. It is most important to know whether any syndicate is involved in supplying arms and communication equipment to rebels,' a police official told IANS.

Police in Ranchi had seized a consignment of communication gadgets from the Air India cargo office in the state capital Tuesday. The material included a bullet proof jacket, 60 walkie talkies, 26 high frequency radios, six pocket tape recorder, 54 3.6 volt batteries, 10 Sony transistors, two radios, 60 headphones and other things.

Three youths who had come to the cargo office to receive the consignment were arrested and based on information received from them, Naresh Sharma, a project manger with the Shekhar Construction Company, was arrested in Palamau district Tuesday.