Dhanbad, July 29 -- Misir Besra, a Naxalite carrying a reward of Rs 1 crore has been arrested from the Barwadda Police Station Area in Dhanbad, police said.

Dhanbad SSP Prabhat Kumar informed that the Naxalite was arrested late Tuesday evening and has been identified as Misir Besra.

Misir Besra is a top-ranking CPI (Maoist) leader and Politburo member. Jharkhand government had declared an award of 1 crore against his arrest. Besides, other state governments and the National Investigative Agency (NIA) have declared separate bounties on him.

Earlier on July 14, the NIA chargesheeted the 6th accused in a CPI (Maoist) conspiracy case involving revival of the banned terror organisation's presence in the Magadh zone and extortion of funds fr...