The Chhattisgarh Government has increased the reward amount on the heads of six senior Maoists leaders.
Earlier the Government had declared a reward of Rs50 lakh on the Communist Party of Indian (Maoist) Politburo members caught dead or alive but now this has been hiked to Rs1 crore. In an order issued by the State Government signed by Junior Secretary P D Purbiya, the reward on any information leading to the arrest of CPI (M) General Secretary Muppalla lakshmana Rao alias Ganapathy, CPI (M) Politburo member Katakam Sudarshan alias Anand, Mishir Besara alias Bhaskar, Nambala Keshav alias Gabanna, Kishanya alias Prashant Bose and Manjula alias Vivek, dead or alive, has been hiked to Rs1 crore. The Government is hopeful that with this announcement they will be able to get some inputs that may lead to the arrest of these dreaded Maoists, officials stated.