A combined team of security forces on Wednesday nabbed four Maoists including three women who were allegedly involved in firing on polling team and accompanying security personnel at Village Mankoli located polling booth No. 161 during the first phase polling in Chhattisgarh on November 11.
Maoist literature, posters calling boycott of Assembly polls, crackers, arrow-bow and Naxal dresses were recovered from possession of the arrested insurgents. Top police officials informed here that Maoist insurgents had attacked polling teams and security forces conducting voting at booth 161 at Mankeli village. After the retaliation of security forces the insurgents had fled to the jungle after which peaceful poll was held. On the next day, the district police after filing a case in this connection started investigation and on the report of presence of Maoists in a particular area sent a joint team of district police and special task force to conduct searching.
On Wednesday while the team was conducting extensive searching they arrested 4 suspecting persons including three women from the jungles near village Gorna. Police also recovered naxal literature, posters calling for poll boycott, arrows and bows, explosives and Maoist dress from the ultras.
During interrogation, they were identified as Kadti Parmila resident of Pitepal, thana Mirtur (wife of Modiyam Ramesh, section commander of Military Company No. 02) member of military company no. 02 on each whom the government has announced reward of Rs 1 lakh, Odi Sanny, resident of Village Gorna, a militia platoon member, Madkam Sunny of village Gorna, a member of Bijapur militia platoon member, Sodhi Puska of village Gorna, an active member of Bijapur DAKMS. Kadti Parmila was active from 2007 and was involved in cases of murder, attempt to murder, loot, attack on police and other such crimes. All the four were involved in firing on polling team also, the police said.