A Maoist carrying cash reward of Rs8 lakh was arrested by the security personnel in the insurgency-hit Kondagaon district on Sunday night.
The arrested insurgent Raghunath Yadav (25), a resident of Kudur, was an active member of Military Company Number-6 of the banned Communist Party of India (CPI) (Maoist), police said. A Tiffin bomb was recovered from his possession.
Acting on an information about his presence in Mardapal area, an operation was launched jointly by the Mardapal police and DRG team on Sunday night.
The insurgent was cornered in Kudur Kulenarpara village and arrested by the security personnel, said SP Kondagaon, Abhishek Meena.
He said that Yadav had joined the Maoist movement in 2008 as a member of the Military Company Number 6 of the banned outfit.
The insurgent then worked as gunman of senior leaders like Sampat and Ramchandra Reddy and once returned to Military Company number 6.
The arrested rebel was involved in the incident of loot of 17 tonne Ammonium Nitrate from a truck in Ghodagaon area in 2010.
He was also involved in firing on police party in Mahrabeda in 2010 which resulted in martyrdom of 27 CRPF personnel, police said.
He was also wanted in firing on police party in Mardapal in 2014 with intention to loot the arms; firing on police party in Chotedongar in July 2014 and recent firing on police party on August 20, 2014 in Mardapal area which resulted in martyrdom of a police constable, added Meena.