The Telangana government has felicitated a team of the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) with a cash reward of Rs 8 lakh for catching the most-wanted Naxalite, Krishna Lingayya Ghoshka alias Venugopal, officials said on Wednesday.

A team of 11 police officials from the ATS had, in January last year, had busted a gang of seven CPI (Maoist) members from the vicinity of Kalyan railway station and arrested Venugopal, who was wanted by the Telangana government.