India, July 29 -- Misir Besra, the last remaining Central Committee (CC) and Politburo member of the CPI (Maoist), was arrested in Jharkhand's Dhanbad district on Tuesday, officials from the CRPF and Jharkhand Police said. Carrying a reward of more than Rs.1 crore on information leading to his arrest, Besra was caught in the Tundi-Mandiya forest area near the Dhanbad-Giridih border while allegedly trying to flee a security operation, they said.

Two of his associates, Gaurav Hasda and Mochu, were also arrested.

With Besra's arrest, no active Central Committee member of the banned CPI (Maoist) remains at large, officials said. At its peak, the outfit had more than 40 Central Committee members. Over the years, security forces have arrested...