During a search operation conducted by joint forces of the Border Security Forces (BSF) and the State police, they arrested a wanted Maoist on Tuesday evening from a forest in Malkangiri.
The Maoist, Era Padiami (30) alias Mukesh, son of wanted ‘deputy commandant’ of Kalimela Maoist Dalam Wada Padiami, was arrested from the Kanaguda forest under the Kalimela police station in the district, said Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Pramod Kumar Bagh.
Mukesh had been working in the Badiata and Mariata areas for the last eight years. He was involved in an attack on CRPF personnel in 2006, encounters with security forces, loot and landmine explosions in some places, the DSP said.
In another case, the laxmipur police on Wednesday arrested three persons from Ghodatiriki village near Ranjitguda under Narayanpatna block in Koraput district and seized three guns and explosives from their possession.