In a major breakthrough, Madhya Pradesh Police has nabbed three Maoists carrying a reward of Rs 5,000 from border area of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh on January 9.
On getting information about movement of three wanted Maoists, Superintendent of Police Balaghat Gaurav Tiwari acted promptly and made team to search the Maoists. Joint teams along with Anti Naxal Cell started the operation to search the Maoists. During the search operation it took around 30 hours of continuous searching in which around 90 km area of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh border was searched.
The three Maoists were nabbed from three different areas. The identity of the naxals were established as Sabun Masram (26) from lamra village, Anjor Singh Sisram (27) from lajahnjhiria village and Kewal Singh Gond (45) from Kasibehra village. Nabbed Maoists confirmed involvement in torching a truck loaded with bamboo grass between Kesartola and lodhama om Devarbeli road. A case under section 147,148,149,435,332,353 of the IPC and 25 and 27 of Arms Act was registered at lanjhi police station and the three were wanted in the case and were nabbed successfully during the operation.
The three have confirmed that they were active with Tanda Dalam. Police have confirmed that the more information about the Maoists movements and plans would be obtained during the investigation. To escape arrest they use to move across the state borders which helped them to escape the arrest for the past several years.
Balaghat police received information about the Naxals visiting their homes for two- days which provided an opportunity to nab the wanted Maoists.