CPI (Maoist) Aman Ganjhu, on Wednesday, surrendered before Jharkhand police and CRPF personnel in Ranchi. The CPI (Maoist) was carrying a bounty of Rs 19 lakhs.
Two Naxals were neutralised and one injured Naxal was apprehended during the joint operation of Maharashtra's Gadchiroli Police and Chhattisgarh's Bijapur Police under the jurisdiction of the SPS Damrancha and Chhattisgarh border area.
A woman Naxal who was carrying a reward of Rs 1 lakh on her head has surrendered to the police in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district, an official said on Wednesday.
A joint team of DRG ( District Reserve Guard) and STP (Special Task Force) led the operation and they also recovered a weapon, explosives, medicines and other Maoist material recovered from the spot
The first day of the winter session of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly began with an uproar by the opposition, with MLAs of the Mahavikas Aghadi holding placards protesting in the Vidhan Bhavan premises over the Maharashtra-Karnataka border dispute.
Underlining the clear stance of the Maharashtra government against Naxalites in the region, Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said that the authorities would never stop fearing Naxals.
Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Narottam Mishra on Monday lauded the state police and armed forces for neutralising a wanted naxal with a bounty of Rs 12 lakh and announced rewards for the forces.
"AK 56 rifle, 97 live cartridges, 5 detonators, sim cards and mobile phone were recovered," said Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Gaya, Harpreet Kaur.
Troops of CoBRA CRPF and STF have been deployed at the security force camp in the Naxal-affected village Potkapalli of Sukma district. They helped the pregnant woman after she experienced labor pain.
A villager was killed by Naxalites on suspicion of being a police informer and his body was dumped at Malewali Chowk area of the Naxal-infested Dantewada district in Chattisgarh on Friday.
The police also confiscated a 12-bore gun and a sword from the spot. The arrested Naxal has been identified as Ramchandra Yadav and his associate Jagdish Yadav.