A hardcore Maoist leader, carrying a cumulative bounty of Rs 24 lakh in two states, was arrested on Thursday in Bijapur of Chhattisgarh.
Sainu Munshi Jetti alias Vikash (35) was apprehended by security forces from a forest near Bhatpalli village, Bijapur Superintendent of Police Jitendra Kumar Yadav said.
The Chhattisgarh Armed Force’s 13/E battalion and local police nabbed him when he was being shifted to hospital for treatment.
The security personnel seized Rs 80,000 in cash, Maoist uniform, Maoist literature, pamphlets and medicines from Vikash.
Vikash was the Aheri Dalam Divisional Committee Member of the outlawed Maoists outfit. He carried a reward Rs 8 lakh in Chhattisgarh and Rs 16 lakh in Maharashtra.
He was involved in more than 35 instances of Maoist violence in Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra and Telangana.
