Four Maoist militants were arrested during a routine search operation under Siksod police station of the insurgency hit Kanker district, police said on Sunday.
According to the official statement resealed from the office of Superintendent of Police Kanker RN Das, the guerrilla were nabbed during a joint operation conducted by BSF (Border Security Force) and a team of district police from the forests of Siksod police station limits on Saturday. Police said the security forces were on combing operation since Friday night in the Chhindbhat forest area, which is believed as insurgency hit area. The security forces received a tip-off about presence of naxal in the area and then they raided the spot where four persons were held.
Those arrested were identified as Meghnath Dhruv (27), Piyar alias Rampiyare (23), Suklal alias Sukhdas (24) and Ramuram Usendi (30) all residents of Chhindbhat village in Kanker district police said. They are wanted in connection with several cases registered against them under arms act, explosives substances act, destroying public property and many others, police claimed, and added that they are under interrogation.