Raipur

4 Maoists held in Kanker

Staff Reporter

A joint squad of Border Security Force (BSF) and District Force (DF) on Monday nabbed four insurgents, including a female cadre in Kanker district of Chhattisgarh, police said.

The arrested rebels were allegedly involved in torching as many as 26 vehicles engaged in mining related task at Chargaon-Metabodli mines in the district, police said.

According to Kanker Superintendent of Police (SP) Jitendra Singh Meena, following an input about presence of rebels (involved in Chargaon incident) in lohari area, a team comprising of BSF and DF personnel was dispatched and the entire area was cordoned off leading to arrest of the ultras.

The arrested cadres were identified as Ramesh Vetti (22), Faguram Mandavi (21), Panchlal Usendi alias Baiga and Sumitra Darro alias Guddi (20).

During the course of interrogation, the arrested rebels admitted of being involved in arson which took place in Chargaon mine on October 30 this year, Meena said.