Medininagar, Apr 3 (PTI) A Maoist with Rs 1 lakh bounty on his head was arrested in Jharkhand's Palamu district, police said on Thursday.

Subhash Yadav alias Jiblal Yadav, a member of the Tritiya Sammelan Prastuti Committee (TSPC) -- a splinter group of CPI(Maoist), was arrested from Turigdar hill in Nawa Bazar police station area on Wednesday night, they said.

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The Bihar government had announced a bounty of Rs 1 lakh on his head, they added.

Yadav, a resident of Hadhi village in Bihar's Gaya district, was arrested when he came here to collect extortion money, SP (Operation) Rakesh Singh said.

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"He is an active member of the TPSC squad led by Shashikant ji alias Arif ji alias Sudesh ji," the SP said.

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