Chhattisgarh: Naxal arrested, wires and equipment recovered
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On Monday, fourteen Naxals were arrested from two districts of the insurgency-hit Bastar division of Chhattisgarh while nine rebels were arrested in Sukma district, five were picked up in Narayanpur district
Security forces arrested a naxalite from Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh after carrying search operations on Wednesday.
Detonator, wires and other equipment have been recovered from him. Maoists have been a regular nuisance in Bijapur.
On Monday, fourteen Naxals were arrested from two districts of the insurgency-hit Bastar division of Chhattisgarh while nine rebels were arrested in Sukma district, five were picked up in Narayanpur district.
All of them were allegedly involved in carrying out improvised explosive device (IED) blasts targeting the security forces and firing on police teams in Bhejji and Maraiguda areas of Sukma, Sukma Additional Superintendent of Police Jitendra Shukla said.
A joint team of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and the District Force of police was out on a search operation under the limits of Bhejji police station in Sukma when it rounded up eight Naxals, Sukma Additional Superintendent of Police Jitendra Shukla said.