RAIPUR: In a significant breakthrough, the Special Investigation Agency (SIA) has arrested a key Maoist operative involved in the deadly blast that claimed the life of Additional Superintendent of Police Akash Rao Giripunje in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district.
The arrested Maoist, identified as Sodhi Ganga, confessed to playing a direct role in the IED (improvised explosive device) explosion that struck the officer during an investigation near a torched earthmoving machine at a stone quarry.
The SIA team of six police personnel is being led by Superintendent of Police (SP) Neeraj Chandrakar.