Acting on a specific intelligence input, Darsu Usendi (28) was apprehended at a weekly market in an area under the jurisdiction of Koyalibeda police station last evening by a joint team of district police force and the state intelligence team, Kanker Superintendent of Police Jitendra Singh Meena said.
Koyalibeda is around 250 kms away from here.
Usendi was arrested because of his suspicious movements; later he was identified as a wanted Naxal, police said.
According to the SP, he was a member of military company no 5 of the Maoists in North Bastar division and wanted for torching of vehicles engaged in mining work at Chargaon in the region last year, apart from involvement in other incidents of violence.
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