NIA detains wanted maoist carrying Rs 30 lakh reward

Wanted Maoist, and carrying Rs 30 lakh reward, was detained by the National Investigation Agency (NIA), sources said on Sunday.

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New Delhi: Wanted Maoist, affiliated with the banned militant outfit People’s Liberation Front of India (PLFI), and carrying a Rs 30 lakh reward, was detained by the National Investigation Agency (NIA), sources said on Sunday.

The detained Maoist was identified as Dinesh Gop and he was carrying a reward of Rs 25 lakh by the Jharkhand government and Rs five lakh by NIA on his head, sources in the probe agency said.

“The intelligence agencies, Police, CRPF, had been tracking him for the last 15 years. For over two decades he had been involved in Naxalite activities. There are more than 100 cases pending against him,” the sources said.

Interrogation of the accused is on. However, the NIA has not made any official statement regarding the matter.

Gop had recently demanded 10 Ak-47 from a Bihar-based BJP leader. Gop had threatened that if his demands were not met, he would kill the BJP leader.

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