<p>Hardcore Naxal leader Milind Teltumbde, who has been shown as wanted by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in the Elgar Parishad-Koregaon Bhima case, carries a reward of over Rs 50 lakh on his head.</p>.<p>Milind, who figures in the top list of Maoist hierarchy, is in his late fifties and has been absconding for several decades. Milind is an engineer by education - but he became an outlaw.</p>.<p>Milind is the brother of Dalit scholar and activist Prof Anand Teltumbde, who is an accused in the case.</p>.<p>Incidentally, Prof Anand Teltumbde is the brother-in-law of Prakash Ambedkar, the grandson of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar, the chief architect of the Constitution. Prof Anand Teltumbde is a management professor at the Goa Institute of Management. Before that, he was an executive at Bharat Petroleum and MD and CEO of Petronet India Ltd.</p>.<p>On his role, the NIA charge sheet states: “The absconding accused Milind Teltumbde also organised training camps for imparting weapons training to other accused persons.”</p>.<p>Milind is the Secretary of Maharashtra State Committee (MSC) of CPI (Maoist).</p>.<p>According to officials of the State Intelligence Department (SID) and Anti-Naxal Operations (ANO) of the Maharashtra Police, Milind used to be very active in the Naxal-infested Gadchiroli district of Vidarbha region that borders Chhattisgarh and Telangana.</p>.<p>In fact, after the April 22-23, 2018, encounter in which 40 plus Naxals were killed in Gadchiroli district, a massive manhunt was launched to track down Milind, who originally hails from the Chandrapur district of Vidarbha region.</p>.<p>"Milind goes by various names like Dipak, Pravin, Arun and Sudhir," officials said, adding that he carries a reward of over Rs 50 lakh on his head.</p>.<p>According to Intelligence department sources, Milind could be hiding in the Bastar region.</p>.<p>It is suspected that the May 1, 2019 IED blast, in which 15 police and security personnel were killed in Kurkheda in Gadchiroli district, was planned by Milind and his core team.</p>.<p>Milind’s wife Angella Sontakke, who hails from Chandrapur, was arrested by the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) in 2011. Sontakke is named in 20-odd offences, including the February 1, 2009, encounter that took place between Gyarpatti and Markegaon in Gadchiroli district, in which 15 policemen, including a Police Sub-Inspector, were killed.</p>
<p>Hardcore Naxal leader Milind Teltumbde, who has been shown as wanted by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in the Elgar Parishad-Koregaon Bhima case, carries a reward of over Rs 50 lakh on his head.</p>.<p>Milind, who figures in the top list of Maoist hierarchy, is in his late fifties and has been absconding for several decades. Milind is an engineer by education - but he became an outlaw.</p>.<p>Milind is the brother of Dalit scholar and activist Prof Anand Teltumbde, who is an accused in the case.</p>.<p>Incidentally, Prof Anand Teltumbde is the brother-in-law of Prakash Ambedkar, the grandson of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar, the chief architect of the Constitution. Prof Anand Teltumbde is a management professor at the Goa Institute of Management. Before that, he was an executive at Bharat Petroleum and MD and CEO of Petronet India Ltd.</p>.<p>On his role, the NIA charge sheet states: “The absconding accused Milind Teltumbde also organised training camps for imparting weapons training to other accused persons.”</p>.<p>Milind is the Secretary of Maharashtra State Committee (MSC) of CPI (Maoist).</p>.<p>According to officials of the State Intelligence Department (SID) and Anti-Naxal Operations (ANO) of the Maharashtra Police, Milind used to be very active in the Naxal-infested Gadchiroli district of Vidarbha region that borders Chhattisgarh and Telangana.</p>.<p>In fact, after the April 22-23, 2018, encounter in which 40 plus Naxals were killed in Gadchiroli district, a massive manhunt was launched to track down Milind, who originally hails from the Chandrapur district of Vidarbha region.</p>.<p>"Milind goes by various names like Dipak, Pravin, Arun and Sudhir," officials said, adding that he carries a reward of over Rs 50 lakh on his head.</p>.<p>According to Intelligence department sources, Milind could be hiding in the Bastar region.</p>.<p>It is suspected that the May 1, 2019 IED blast, in which 15 police and security personnel were killed in Kurkheda in Gadchiroli district, was planned by Milind and his core team.</p>.<p>Milind’s wife Angella Sontakke, who hails from Chandrapur, was arrested by the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) in 2011. Sontakke is named in 20-odd offences, including the February 1, 2009, encounter that took place between Gyarpatti and Markegaon in Gadchiroli district, in which 15 policemen, including a Police Sub-Inspector, were killed.</p>