As a journalist, he used to spend entire weeks in the jungles to get a sound bite or two from leaders of Left Wing Extremist groups. Years later, he still ventures into the woods, albeit for a different reason -- nabbing the very people he once interviewed.Meet 29-year-old Parvin Tiwari, a home guard jawan with the Gumla police who has played an active role in the arrest of at least 153 Leftist rebels.

Ever since he joined the police in 2009, Tiwari has been a part of fearless raids in Maoist hotbeds to arrest at least a dozen sub-zonal and zonal commanders -- the most recent among them being zonal commander Prasad alias Ashok Lakra, who carried a Rs 10 lakh reward on his head.Left extremists are active in no less than 16 of Jharkhand's 24 districts.  Read more