Naxal carrying Rs 3 lakh reward held in Chhattisgarh

A Naxal, carrying a reward of Rs 3 lakh on his head, was today arrested in Chhattisgarh's Kondagaon district, a police official said.

The cadre, identified as Sukul Mandavi alias Ramdhar (28), was apprehended from a forest near Tumdiwal Kotmeta village when a joint team of various security forces was out on a search operation, Kondagaon's Additional Superintendent of Police Maheshwar Nag told PTI.

The personnel belonging to the Indo-Tibetan Border Police's 41st battalion, the District Reserve Guard and local police were involved in the operation, he said.

Mandavi, active as a local organisation squad member, was wanted in at least 16 Naxal-related incidents, including attempt to murder, arson and attacks on policemen, Nag added.