A Maoist wanted in connection with attack on a BSF camp at Udanpur was arrested during an anti-insurgency operation carried out by security forces in the insurgency-riddled Kanker district of Bastar, police said here on Wednesday.
A joint contingent consisting of District Force (DF) and Special Task Force (STF) personnel was carrying out a search operation in the jungles under Koyelibeda police station, Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP), Kanker, Jayant Vaishnav said. The police team nabbed Ghasiram Padda from a forested patch near Gattakala village, he said .
According to the police, Ghasiram a resident of Gattakala village was member of Naxal Raksha Dal (Security group) of Maoist Rowghat Area Committee.
During cross examination, he confessed of being involved in attack on a BSF camp at Udanpur.
He was also wanted in connection with incidents like murder, attempt to murder . A local court had issued four permanent warrants against Ghasiram, Vaishnav informed.