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Three naxals, who were allegedly

part of a squad involved in the October 2018 Nilawaya attack

in which two policemen and a Doordarshan cameraman were killed

in Chhattisgarh, have been arrested from Dantewada district,

police said Wednesday.

The ultras, identified as Raju (26), Bheema (33) and

Gujja Barse (29), are members of the Janmilitia platoon, a

police officer said.

"They were arrested on Tuesday (January 8) from Barrem

village forest under Aranpur police station limits, around 400

kms from Raipur, by a joint team of CRPF's 111th battalion and

local police on a tip-off," Dantewada Superintendent of Police

Abhishek Pallava told PTI.

The trio were part of the Maoist squad that had

attacked the police personnel escorting a three-member team of

the national broadcaster Doordarshan near Nilawaya village on

October 30 last year, Pallava said.

DD cameraman Achyutanand Sahu, sub-inspector Rudra

Pratap Singh and assistant constable Manglu were killed in the

ambush.

The SP said the three ultras were also looking after

various tasks like arranging meetings of senior cadres,

arranging logistics for daily commodities and conducting

recee, Pallava said.

At the time of the incident, the Doordarshan crew was

headed towards Nilawaya on motorcycles to cover developmental

works and preparations related to November 2018 Chhattisgarh

elections.