One of the most dreaded Maoist insurgents of Bastar area Hariram alias Yogesh alias Ramesh alias Gopanna (46) along with spouse Navita fell in to the net of Warangal police in Andhra Pradesh.
He was carrying Rs 20 lakh reward on his head. Both Gopanna and his wife Navita are stated to be the mastermind of Maoist attacks executed in Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and Chhattisgarh.
Warangal Superintendent of Police Paul Raju told The Pioneer Jagdalpur correspondent that police were interrogating the arrested insurgents and have come across a number of important information. According to Raju the mastermind behind the Maoist attack on police Jawans at Netanar in Bastar, Rani Bodli incident in Bijapur and the massive blast near Geedam was none other than Gopanna.
Notably, Gopanna was borne in Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh and for the last 15-20 years he was active in the Maoist organisation and is stated to be the brain behind the major Maoist operations executed in Dandkaranya area of Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh.
Police of Warangal, located some 280 km from Konta Tehsil headquarters of Sukma district of Chhattisgarh, arrested the duo on a tip off even as the Maoist couple was wanted by Andhra Police for quite some time.