Srinivas was released from jail in exchange of the release of then Malkangiri Collector R Vineel Krishna, who was taken hostage by Maoists and later let off in Odisha in 2011.
A key leader of the Andhra Orissa Border Special Zonal Committee (AOBSZC), Srivinas (around 55) was nabbed near Wyra forest area of Khammam last night after police fired at his leg and caught hold of him, they said.
Sudarshan, who had fled inside Wyra village, attacked villagers with stones after some of them spotted him yesterday, Khammam SP A V Ranganath told PTI.
A police team went to the spot after locals alerted them. Sudarshan continued hurling stones on them also in order to flee, but police fired one round on his left leg and immediately caught hold of him, the SP said.
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A native of Nalgonda district, Sudarshan had been involved in Naxal activities and wanted in several offences committed in Andhra Pradesh and Odisha over the past over 25 years, the senior police official said.
"As of now he (Sudarshan) is undergoing treatment for the bullet injury sustained on his lower part of the leg. He will be produced before a magistrate by this evening for judicial remand," the SP added.