A hard-core Maoist carrying a cash reward of Rs 2,000 on his head was nabbed from Dandvan under Pharasgaon police station area of the insurgency-hit Narayanpur district on Thursday, police said.
Sub Divisional Officer of Police (SDOP) Narayanpur Devnarayan Patel, while talking to The Pioneer over phone, informed that the arrested left wing insurgent has been identified as lalu Ram Salam (35) resident of Dandvan. “He was an active member of the banned Moist outfit Jantana Sarkar (local governing body of Maoists),” said the SDOP. Salam joined the Maoist cadre in 2007, he added.
The arrest was made by a joint party of district police and CRPF during a search operation on a tip off. Salam was involved in criminal activities like firing on police party and attempt to murder. Two arrest warrants were issued on his name, the SDOP claimed.