A 30-year-old Maoist from Chhattisgarh, who was allegedly involved in number of crimes, was arrested by the Chintoor police in the forest region of Lankapalli in Alluri Sithamara Raju (ASR) district on Saturday.
He was identified as Madakam Unga, alias Ungal, from Palodu village, Sukuma district, Chhattisgarh. Unga had worked as Deputy Commander of 8th platoon of the CPI(Maoist) and Platoon Party Committee member (PPCM).
Addressing a press conference, Superintendent of Police, ASR district, Tuhin Sinha, said Unga had joined the Maoist party in 2007. In 2017, he was made PPCM. He had stayed in the Chintoor sub-division in Andhra, Charla area in Telangana and in many parts of Chhattisgarh.