Chhattisgarh attack: Andhra Pradesh police arrest suspected Naxal

Andhra Pradesh Police on Tuesday arrested a suspected Naxal leader identified as Savita alias Madhvi in Khammam district of the state, CNN-IBN reported. Police suspect that Savita was involved in the 25 May attack on a Congress convoy at Darbha ghati in Chhattisgarh and had been injured during cross firing. [caption id=“attachment_840195” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  PTI[/caption] Savita was apprehended by the Andhra police from a car during routine checking. Savita is allegedly a member of CPI-Maoist Bastar Regional Committee and wife of Central Committee member Chandranana. Security agencies had declared a reward of Rs 5 lakh for her capture. In addition to Savita’s arrest, police have apprehended a Telangana Vidyarthi Vedika member identified as Prithviraj. The organisation is suspected to be CPI-Maoist’s a frontal organisation. On 25 May, heavily-armed Maoists had ambushed a convoy of Congress leaders at Darbha, killing 27 people, including PCC chief Nand Kumar Patel, his son Dinesh, senior Congress leader Mahendra Karma and ex-MLA Uday Mudaliyar and injuring 37 others, including former Union minister VC Shukla.