Gadchiroli, May 3 (PTI) A ‘jan militia’ member of the outlawed Communist Party of India (Maoist) with a reward of Rs 1.5 lakh on his head was arrested on Friday in Maharashtra’s Gadchiroli district, a police official said.
Shankar Kudyam (34) is a resident of Chhattisgarh and was arrested during ‘nakabandi’ (road block check) on Sironcha-Kaleshwaram road, the official said.
“Our probe found he is a Naxal sympathiser and provided ultras rations, put up their posters and gathered people for their meetings. There was a bounty of Rs 1.5 lakh on Kudyam,” he added. PTI COR CLS BNM
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