A Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), identified as Midiam Hurra (20), carrying a cash reward of INR 100,000 on his head, was arrested by a team of the District Reserve Guard (DRG) and local Police from a forested area under Kirandul Police Station limits in Dantewada District of Chhattisgarh on April 8, reports Outlook India. According to theSuperintendent of Police (SP), Abhishek Pallava, Hurra had joined the CPI-Maoist in 2016, and since then, he was active as a member of Local Guerilla Squad (LGS) under ‘Malangir area committee’ of the Maoists. He was allegedly involved in the blast that killed seven security personnel at Kirandul area on May 20, 2018, said the SP.
Meanwhile, the National Investigation Agency (NIA), on April 7, arrested two persons accused in the case relating to the killing of Bhima Mandavi, the then Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) of Chhattisgarh and four Police Personnel in an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast carried out by CPI-Maoist cadres in Dantewada District of Chhattisgarh on April 9, 2019, reports The Pioneer. As per the report, the accused – Bhima Tati (27) and Madka Ram Tati (36), both residents of Patel Para at Tikanpal village in Dantewada District were arrested from the said village in District. “Both the accused were produced before NIA Special Court, Jagdalpur which has granted their custody for 6 days to NIA for their interrogation,” read the NIA’s statement.