Chhattisgarh police arrests 5 naxals from 2 areas of Bijapur district

Five naxals were arrested from two places in Chhattisgarh's insurgency-hit Bijapur district, the police said Tuesday. While three cadres were picked up from Potenar village under Jangla police station limits, two others were held from the forest of Basaguda police station area on Monday (October 1), a local police official told PTI.

Separate teams of District Force and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) were involved in these operations.

Those arrested from Jangla area are identified as Lekam Balram (38), Alma Rama (32) and Aalam Pandu (51) who all are lower-rung cadres, he said, adding that Balram and Rama were carrying reward of Rs 10,000 and Rs 5,000, respectively, on their heads.

Two cadres who were arrested from the forest of Chipurbhati and Putkel villages are identified as Veko Podia (27) andPunem Hunga (27), both active members of Dandakaranya Adivasi Kisan Majdoor Sangthan (DAKMS), a frontal wing of Maoists, he said.

They all were allegedly involved in incidents of torching vehicles, putting up Maoist pamphlets and posters and damaging roads, the official said.