An alleged Maoist was arrested during a search operation carried out by CRPF and District Police at Bijapur in dense forests of Pavrel and Bhandarpalli on Sunday, informed an official statement released from the office of Superintendent of Police Bijapur Prashant Agrawal on Sunday. In a separated action Kondgaon police unearthed a 20 Kg tiffin bomb.
According to the police, the arrested ultra was identified as Kudiyam Babu Rao (28) resident of Mujal Kanker, Bijapur. A joint police force of district police and CRPF had started on searching operation and area domination exercise and rounded up Kudiyam Babu Rao on a tip-off, police said. Police claimed that the arrested rebel was involved in serious criminal offences and a case against him was registered with Usur police station.