Two dreaded Naxals including Kesha, alias Vijju, involved in the bloodiest Tadmetla ambush wherein 76 police jawans were killed in April 2010, was arrested by security forces from insurgency riddled Dantewada district.
Cash rewards of Rs 8 lakh and Rs 5 lakh each were announced on their heads, police said on Monday. Vijju had actively participated in different attacks on police party in which so far in which 131 jawans were killed, Superintendent of Police, Dantewada, Kamlochan Kashyap told The Pioneer.
The other apprehended Naxal was Commander of local Operating Squad (lOS) active in Gangaloor area under the South Division of Bastar region. They were arrested on specific intelligence inputs received from Kirandool, while the duo was taking part in a rally, the SP said.
Apart from Tadmetla killing, the insurgent was involved in killing of 12 policemen including Station House Officer (SHO) Jagargunda in August, 2007. The notorious rebel was also part of Naxal ambush attack on a joint party of Border Security Force (BSF) and District Force (DF) wherein 23 personnel martyred on July 9, 2007 under Errabor Police Station.
“Vijju along with other guerrillas in December 2007 had killed 12 police personnel between Golapalli and Kistaram, while they were returning to base camp. On different incidents that happened between September 16, 2009 and September 19, 2009, he had killed six CoBRA and CRPF personnel in the jungles of Singanmadgu,” the SP said, adding, in 2009 Vijju had killed three SPOs in the hills of Kargundam under Kistaram Police Station.
He was part of Naxal team which had attacked a Indian Air Force Copper in May 2009 wherein a jawan had succumbed in Kistaram, Kashyap said.
The insurgent had performed recce of residence of Congress leader Awdhesh Gautam in Dantewada and attacked his house in 2010. Two civilians were murdered in the incident, the SP said. The other Naxal arrested was identified as Hemla Sannu who had joined Naxal cadre in 2008 and used to carry .303 gun, he said.