Two left wing insurgents were arrested along with arms explosives and other items from a forested patch under Farsegarh police station following a gun battle between police force and Naxals in the insurgency hit Bijapur district of Bastar.
The arrest was made by a joint team of District Police and CRPF, informed Superintendent of Police (SP) Bijapur, Kl Dhruv. According to the police, the arrested persons have been identified as Gota Gaccha alias (30) and Vedali Vela (32) resident of Edapalli village under Farsegarh police station.
A joint police party consisting of CRPF and District Police had started on a search operation from Farsegarh police station on July 8. After passing through Edapalli, Irpagutta and Sagmeta on July 10 had reached Edapalli village about 32 km (North) from Farsegarh police station, the SP said. Around 10:30 am, while the joint police party had reached near a pond close to village, armed Naxals opened fire on the police party. The police team returned fire which forced the left wing insurgents to flee, SP informed.
During the searching of area after encounter, SP said, both the Naxals were arrested. They were spotting the movement of paramilitary forces, SP claimed. Muzzle guns, gun powder, tiffin bomb, pipe bomb, empty shells of SlR and bag-packs were seized from their possession. Notably police forces have increased their pressure on insurgents in the district. last month, three hardcore Naxals were arrested during search operations in different parts of the district and three Naxals had surrendered before the police.