Chhattisgarh: Wanted Naxal leader Prabhakar Rao, carrying Rs 25 lakh bounty, arrested in Kanker
India TV NewsNaxal leader Prabhakar Rao was arrested on Sunday by security forces in Chhattisgarh's Kanker district. Prabhakar Rao alias Balmuri Narayan Rao, a Dandakaranya Special Zonal Committee Member of the banned CPI had bounty of Rs 25 lakh on him. Police got information about Rao's whereabouts IPS officer shared information on Rao's arrest and said, "For the past few days, the Kanker district police had been receiving information about the activities of senior cadre Prabhakar Rao of the North Bastar Sub-Zonal Bureau of the banned Maoist organization. Rao had close links with senior Maoist leaders The police also informed that Prabhakar Rao had close links with senior Maoist leaders like Central Committee Member Secretary Basava Raju, K Ramchandra Reddy alias Raju, Devji alias Kuma Dada, Kosa, Sonu, Mallaraja Reddy alias Sangram.