A Naxal, carrying a reward of Rs one lakh on his head, was arrested today under Penk police station in Bokaro district, police said.
Baldeo Manjhi alias Baldeo Kisku a member of Navin Manjhi group- associates of outlawed CPI Maoist, was nabbed by a joint team of CRPF and district police during a search operation in the forest under Penk police station, CRPF Assistant Commandant Nitesh Singh Bhadoria said.
Working on tip-off Security personnel had launched the operation in the Penk region, they nabbed the rebel who was trying to escape, he said.
During interrogation Manjhi accepted his crime and involvement in dozens of cases registered under different police station across the district, police said.