raipur a naxal carrying a cash reward of rs 1 lakh was arrested in sukma district of bastar division on monday explosive items were recovered from his possessionsukma sp kiran chavan said that police have arrested naxal cadre sodi deva alias sunil a resident of kistaram who was active as militia platoon command in chief and associated with the banned outfit for past 11 years he was arrested when a joint team of district police and 201 battalion of cobra e company headed by jagargunda police inspector narendra rathore went on combing operation towards kunded forestswhen sodi was spotted by the security forces he tried to hide and then escape raising suspicion he was then rounded up when his bag was checked the security personnel found one tiffin bomb 50 meters of electric wire four electric detonators four gelatine cordex wire and other explosive material the sp said adding that he was detainedduring questioning he confessed about his ranks in maoist outfit and that he was planning to plant ied on the jagargundakunded route to attack policehe was found to be involved in recent ambush and firing at security forces in february in jagargunda that killed three jawans and responsible for murder of two villagers in the same region in 2021 in timmapuram encounter in 2022 in chintalnar killing a sarpanch of surpanguda in 2022 and similar incidents the official saidtnn