Malkangiri (Orissa), Oct.23 (ANI):Police in Orissa's Malkangiri District have arrested a Maoist and seized his weapon during an operation in a forest area.
The Maoist, identified as Deba Kartami, has been involved several cases and was nabbed during a joint security operation.
"When we were carrying out a joint combing operation, then near Metaguda forest we arrested a Maoist supporter and his name is Deba Kartami and his father's name is Jagat Katami. He is 28 years old and had been helping the Maoist for the last one year," said Ramkrushna Pati, police inspector, Malkangiri.
Kertami has been an active member of a Maoist outfit in the district.
When the police arrested Kertami, they seized some documents along with a rifle.
In the last few months, police in Maoist affected areas have been quite successful in arresting a number of ultras.
Despite strong measures initiated by the federal government to crush the militants, the Maoist insurgency has gripped nearly one-third of the country in its violent tentacles, spreading into the interiors of 20 of India's 28 states.
The prime victims of these atrocities and the fear spread by Maoists since decades as part of a violent, ideology-driven struggle for 'rights and development of the marginalised' are the commoners - the innocent villagers and tribals living in rural interiors.
The tussle for power by the Maoists has led to a virtual breakdown of state-machinery in the villages of insurgency-hit regions, with many locals reeling under abject poverty and violence.
Home Minister P.Chidambaram recently termed left-wing extremism as 'a bigger challenge than terrorism.'(ANI)
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