Police on Monday arrested a Maoist wanted in connection with attacking a police party in violence-hit Sukma district a few years ago.
“The man was identified as Veko Masa (40), a resident of Intapara Chintagufa and was involved in attacking a police party in Timilwada Ghati in 2016”, Chintagufa police station in-charge Sandeep Chandrakar informed.
He was arrested from a forested patch near Teklpara village during an anti-Naxal operation carried out by a joint team of DRG and Chintagufa police station limits, Chandrakar said.
He was associated with Maoist organisation for the past ten years and had worked at different capacities like, Sangham member, Naxal agriculture committee member, DKAMS member and Maoist GPC member, the officer added.