Maoist commander, six aides held in Chhattisgarh

RAIPUR - A commander of the outlawed Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) was arrested Wednesday along with his six associates, police said.

Dilip, who carried a reward of Rs.50,000 for his capture and was participant in at least 25 Maoist attacks, was nabbed by a team of Chhattisgarh Armed Forces in a forested pocket of Bastar region’s Narayanpur district.

“He (Dilip) is a dreaded guerilla leader and belongs to Bijapur district. We seized explosives such as detonators and tiffin-box bomb besides Maoist literature from him and his six associates,” said Rahul Bhagat, Narayanpur superintendent of police, over phone.