Eight Naxals including a member of Chenta Natya Mandali (CNM), were arrested during anti-insurgency operation carried out by security forces in Naxal violence hit Sukma district, police said here on Wednesday.
According to the police, seven persons out of eight were Naxal Janmilita lower cadre members and one was a CNM member, the frontal organization of banned Communist Party of India (Maoist).
A joint team on District Police and CRPF made the arrests during an operation carried out in the jungles under the limits of Jagargunda police station limits, police said.
The insurgents were identified as Kunjam Somdu (35), Kunjam Deva (38), Barse Hunga (21), Madiyam Arjun (26), Muchki Hunga (27), Madkam Joga (32), Padam Sukka (36) and Padam Hadma (24) all residents of Dantewada and Sukma.