In separate incidents, a Maoist carrying a reward of Rs 1 lakh on his head was nabbed from insurgency-hit Bijapur district of Bastar while in a different police action, a powerful pipe bomb was defused in Rajnandgaon district, police said here on Thursday.
“The held Naxal was identified as Midiam Raja (28) who was nabbed by a joint team of security forces during a search operation in the dense forests of Basaguda police station limits,” Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP), Bijapur, Mohit Garg said.
According to him, security forces had launched Anti-Naxal operation in Basguda region. While cordoning off the jungle close to Polampally, they nabbed the ultra who was trying to escape from the spot, the ASP said.
Raja was the head of Dandakaranya Adivasi Kisan Majdoor Sangthan (DAKMS)- a frontal outfit of Maoists.
The insurgent was wanted in connection with an attempt to murder case, Garg said adding that he was carrying a cash reward of Rs 1 lakh on his head.
Meanwhile, a joint team of ITBP and District police detected a pipe bomb that was planted by Naxals in Khadgaon police station limits of Naxal-infested Rajnandgaon district.
According to the police, the joint team of ITBP and District police had started from Khadgaon police station on a search operation.
The team detected a pipe bomb planted by Naxals on the way leading to Godavari mine from Dorba. The bomb weighing about 10 kg was planted by Naxals was defused by BDS (bomb disposal squad) team, police said.