A hardcore Naxal carrying cash reward of `2 lakh was arrested by the police in insurgency-hit Kanker district of Chhattisgarh, police said. Following a tip-off, a police team nabbed an insurgent from Bazarpara area falling under limits of Koyelibeda Police Station, said Kanker Superintendent of Police (SP) Jitendra Singh Meena, adding that the Chhattisgarh Government has declared reward of `2 lakh on the arrested Naxal.
The arrested cadre has been identified as Shivacharan Uikey alias Shiv (25) hailing from village Kosekodi under Koyelibeda Police Station and was active in the banned organisation as member of Platoon number-25 of Rowghat Area Committee under North Bastar division, he informed.