A joint team of CRPF and the district police have rounded up six Naxals along with arms during a search operation in Balrampur district, which was believed to be an insurgency-free pocket for the past few years.
The Naxals were arrested from Mauhadih area under Shankargarh police station, informed Superintendent of Police Balrampur GS Darro on Monday. “The left-wing insurgents were nabbed while they were hiding in the forests of Kamardih and Mauhadih about 10 to 12 km from Shankargarh police station on Sunday,” he said.
Darro further informed that joint team of CRPF and district police had commenced a search operation cum area domination exercise in the forests of Kamardiah and Mauhadih on December 21 resulting in the arrests.
The Naxals were held after they tried to escape from the jungles after seeing security personnel, said the SP, adding that the team later arrested the insurgents who admitted their involvement in the Naxal activities during cross-examination.
According to police, the arrested persons were identified as Amar Sai, Salik Ram, Bhajan, Raju, Matru and Chhapi. Three 315 bore rifles, two country-made guns, two 12 bore guns and live cartridges were also recovered from their possession, the SP informed The Pioneer over telephone.
It may be mentioned that Naxal activities was at peak in Surguja region between 2004 and 2006, which was later controlled and for past few years no major Naxal movement or activities was heard from the area.