Misir Besra, a senior CPI (Maoist) politburo member carrying a reward of over Rs 1 crore and wanted in 141 cases, has been arrested from Jharkhand's Dhanbad district, police said. Two other Maoists were also held during the operation, while 16 Maoists, including members carrying combined rewards, surrendered before Jharkhand Police on Tuesday.

Misir Besra, the last last remaining Central Committee (CC) and Politburo member of the CPI (Maoist), was arrested in Jharkhand’s Dhanbad district on Tuesday. | India News

Misir Besra, CPI (Maoist) Politburo member with a ₹1 crore bounty, was apprehended in Jharkhand's Tundi-Mandiya forest during a security operation near the Dhanbad-Giridih border.