A Maoist carrying a reward on his head was arrested, while two insurgents also carrying the bounty, surrendered before police in Dantewada district in a separate incidents on Monday.
“Bhadru Podiyami (25) was nabbed from a local market coming under Geedam police station area while he was procuring items of daily use for Maoists,” Superintendent of Police (SP) Dantewada, Kamlochan Kashyap said.
Podiyami, allegedly active as the Area Head of Dandakaranya Adivasi Kisan Majdoor Sangthan (DAKMS) — a frontal outfit of Maoists, was looking after the supply of commodities of daily use and other general items to rebels in Geedam, Tumnar and Barsoor area of Dantewada.
Earlier, he was arrested in 2009 when he was working as a Jan Militia Member for the outlawed CPI (Maoist), but was released after a year, the official said, adding that Podiyami was carrying a reward of `1 lakh on his head
According to the police, Podiyami was the President of Dandakaranya Adivasi Kisan Majdoor Sangthan (DAKMS)-- a banned Naxal outfit.