A joint team of District Force (DF), District Reserve Group (DRG) and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), arrested at least 12 suspected Naxals from separate places in insurgency-hit Sukma district of Chhattisgarh, police said on Friday.
The arrested Naxals were identified as lower rank cadres and reported to be involved in series of incidents took place in the region in recent years, said Sukma Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Santosh Singh.
ASP further informed that an intense operation simultaneously carried out by security personnel in limits of different police stations including Chintagufa, Chintalnar, Tongpal and Bhejji, resulted in arrested 12 Naxals.
The arrested Naxals were produced in a local court from where they were sent to judicial custody.