Security forces succeeded in arresting five Maoist insurgents in insurgency hit Kanker and also seized arms and ammunition from them, police said on Tuesday.
According to Kanker Deputy Superintendent of Police MZ Baig, acting on a tip off a joint team of Border Security Force and local police Jawans nabbed the insurgents from the forests of Maspur village late Monday evening.
A muzzle gun was also recovered from their possession, Baig said and added that two tiffin bombs, weighing 7 kg and 2 kg, battery and 10 metre fuse-wire hidden beneath the soil at Maspur—Rowghat Road were also recovered on the instances of the arrested insurgents.
Baig said that after getting a tip-off about Maoists holding a public meeting in the jungles of Tadoki, some 200 km away from the state capital Raipur, the the search team was sent to the spot on Monday morning. On seeing the security forces near Maspur village, the ultras tried to escape from the spot but after encircling them the security forces succeeded in arresting them, Baid added.
Four of the insurgents arrested have been identified as Massu Potai (22), Fandiram Dugga (27), Singrai Potai (40) and Bilas (30). They are wanted in several incidents of crime including murder, landmine explosion, loot of arms and ammunitions and others, the DSP said. Another arrested Sindhu Maravi (21), was a member of outlawed Communist Party of India (Maoist), the DSP said.
All the arrested are being interrogated further to extract more information about the rebels activities in the area, the DSP added.