A Jharkhand Maoist leader carrying a reward of ₹15 lakh on his head was apprehended by the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad from Palghar district on September 18, an ATS official said.
The Jharkhand Police’s website mentioned his name - Deepak Yadav alias Karu Hulas Yadav - in the list of ‘most wanted Naxals’, according to sources.
Yadav (45), a regional committee member of the banned CPI (Maoist) in Jharkhand, had come to Maharashtra for medical treatment, the ATS official said.
