A Jharkhand Maoist leader carrying a reward of Rs 15 lakh on his head was arrested by the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad from Palghar district on Sunday, 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.
Deepak Yadav (45), a regional committee member of the banned CPI (Maoist) in Jharkhand, had come to Maharashtra for medical treatment, the ATS official said.
In an early morning operation on Sunday, the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad arrested him after a raid at a chawl (tenement) in Nalasopara area of Palghar, located around 50 km from state capital Mumbai, the official said.
The ATS is interrogating him, he said.
The Thane unit of Maharashtra ATS had received specific information about Deepak Yadav, following which they conducted the raid, he said.
Deepak Yadav, a resident of Hazaribagh in Jharkhand, had a wound on his left leg and was in Nallasopara for medical treatment for the last two months, the official said.
He was active in the CPI (Maoist) since 2004, he said.
Deepak Yadav was handed over to Jharkhand Police in the evening, the official added.
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