A Maoist carrying a bounty of Rs one lakh on his head was arrested on Monday in Sukma district in Chhattisgarh.
Sodi Deva alias Sunil was apprehended near the forest of Surpanguda village by the CRPF’s 201st Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA) battalion and district force, Sukma Superintendent of Police Kiran Chavhan said.
Sodi was the Surpanguda Revolutionary People’s Council (RPC) Militia platoon commander-in-chief of the outlawed Maoist outfit, the officer added.
He was involved in the Kunded ambush of security personnel in which three security personnel were killed in 2023, the killing of two villagers in 2021 and several other incidents.
He was active in the district for 11 to 12 years, the officer said, adding that as many as seven warrants were pending against him.