Naxal carrying one lakh reward on him arrested in Chhattisgarh

A naxal from Chhattisgarh's insurgency-hit Bijapur district had been arrested as per the State police's report . The naxal was carrying a reward of one lakh on his head. 

Midiam Raja (28), was nabbed by a joint team of security forces during a search operation in the forest under Basaguda police station limits, Bijapur Additional Superintendent of Police Mohit Garg said. Security personnel had launched the operation in Basguda region, around 450 km from here, since September 14. 

While cordoning-off the forest close to Polampally village, they nabbed the rebel who was trying to escape, he said. Active as the head of Dandakaranya Adivasi Kisan Majdoor Sangthan - a frontal outfit of the Maoists, in the area, Raja was allegedly involved in cases of attempt to murder. He was carrying a reward of Rs one lakh on his head, the ASP said, adding the rebel is being interrogated.