Police arrested three Maoists during a search operation under Benur police station on Saturday. The accused were involved in firing on a police party, informed ASP Narayanpur OP Sharma.
The arrested left wing insurgents were identified as Somnath, Manaru Badde and Suben Salam alias Mukhiya. They were arrested near Kondera village in Benur police station by district police. The trio tried to run away after seeing the force but were nabbed, ASP told The Pioneer over phone. Detailing about their involvement in crime incidents, police said few days back a police party was conducting search operations in the jungles of Kongera. Near the nullah in the jungle the trio opened fire on police party which lasted for about 20-22 minutes, however they succeeded in running away that day. later on the area was searched and police had recovered tiffin bomb, detonator, flash gun and other items from the spot. They were presented in a local court on Saturday that sent trio to jail on judicial remand, police said.