Three Maoists have been arrested from forests of lingagiri by a joint team of District Force (DF) and Combat Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA) during search operations in the district.
The arrested insurgents were identified as Uika Soma (37), Uika Hunga (25) and Uika Sudaru (20) of Mallepalli. The insurgents used to work as Sangham members in Basaguda region of the district, police said As per information, a joint team of DF and CoBRA left from Basaguda police station limits for conducting area domination and search operation exercise in Dharampur lingagiri area on the directives of Bijapur Superintendent of Police (SP) K l Dhruv.
While conducting the operations, the team arrested three suspicious men in forest region of Dharampur lingagiri. On interrogation, the three confessed their association with Naxal movement and also informed about their activity in Basaguda region as Sangham members, police sources said.
later, from the police records, it was found that the three were involved in crimes including attempt to murder during their years with the Naxal movement. The three were presented before court and sent to jail on judicial remand, sources stated.