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Top Maoist leader Misir Besra with ₹1 crore bounty arrested in Jharkhand
short by Dharini Mudgal / on Wednesday, 29 July, 2026
Misir Besra, the last remaining Central Committee and Politburo member of the CPI (Maoist), was arrested in Jharkhand's Dhanbad after nearly two decades on the run. Carrying a bounty of over ₹1 crore, he was wanted in several cases involving attacks on security forces, extortion, arms movement and insurgency. Earlier on Tuesday, 16 Maoists surrendered before Jharkhand Police.
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