A hardcore Naxal carrying cash reward of Rs10,000 was arrested from Kihkad area of Maoist hit Narayanpur, a police officer said here on Saturday.
“The red-rebel was identified as Bala Yadav (50) resident of Kihkad village about 23 km from district headquarter Narayanpur,” SDOP Narayapnur CD Tirki told The Pioneer over phone. He was arrested by a joint team of district police, CoBRA battalion and CRPF personnel on specific intelligent input that Yadav had reached his home, the SDOP said. Yadav was a senior member of Maoist group and was associated with Naxals since 1985-86.
He was President of the Jantana Sarkar (a system of local Government adopted by Naxals) one of the offshoots of banned organisation Communist Party of India (Maoist), the SDOP said. Yadav according to the SDOP was also member of justice department of Jantana Sarkar and used to organise Jan Adalats for Naxals. The guerrilla was propagator of Naxal ideology, SDOP mentioned.
According to police the ultra was involved in several serious criminal incidents like murder, attempt to murder, abduction, attack on police party and handling deadly arms. Three permanent warrants against Yadav were
pending with Narayanpur
police station. A 12 bore country made pistol and its 5 live rounds were also seized from the Naxal after arrest, police claimed. He was later presented in a local court that has sent him jail on judicial remand, police informed.