A Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) supporter was arrested from his house at Jhalbahal village under Lathor Police Station limits in Bolangir District of Odisha on August 4, reports The New Indian Express. Patnagarh, Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO), Jyotirmaya Abhukta, said, Duryodhan Bariha (40) was a supporter of the Bolangir-Bargarh-Mahasamund (BBM) Division, which is active in Bender, Chandel and Gandhamardhan Hill region since 2013. Duryodhan used to provide ration, medicines, shelter and logistics support to the Maoists. SDPO, Abhukta, said, Duryodhan also worked for BBM Division ‘chief’ Bikash. This apart, he had actively participated in acts of violence like the murder of Trilochan Taria in 2019 and had given shelter and facilitated the treatment of Maoist cadre Ramesh who was injured in exchange of fire with Security Forces (SFs) last year. Several booklets, leaflets and Mao posters were seized from Duryodhan’s house.