Lagatar24 Desk
Sukma, June 6: A Naxalite who had Rs 1 lakh bounty on his head was captured on Monday by a joint team of security forces in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district, which has been heavily affected by the insurgency.
From the ultra, items like a tiffin bomb, four detonators, four gelatin rods, and other items were also found.
Yesterday, anti-naxal operations were carried out by a combined police and CoBRA squad, an elite unit of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF). The team intercepted the suspect, identified as Sodi Dewa alias Sunil, the official added.
Dewa served as the Surpanguda RPC militia platoon commander-in-chief and was active in the outlawed group, he said.
The official stated that the apprehended Naxal had a financial reward of Rs 1 lakh on his head.
The official said that the Naxalite was allegedly involved in a variety of crimes, including an IED explosion, a murder, an ambush on security forces, an encounter, the killing of a sarpanch by portraying him as a police informant, and other occurrences.
The official said that he was involved as a Naxal’s LOS member from 2012 to 2018, a militia member from 2018 to 2019, a militia leader from 2019 to 21, and a militia commander-in-chief since 2021.
