Two hard core left wing insurgents fell in the dragnet of security forces during a search operation conducted in dense forest of Peddapara village of insurgency hit Bijapur district, police here said on Monday. In a separate incident CRPF personnel sized muzzle guns hidden in jungles of Rowghat area of Kanker district.
Superintendent of Police Bijapur, Prashant Agrawal informed that the accused were involved in serious offences like murder and were part of Maoist area committees. A joint police force consisting of CRPF and district police personnel had started on a search operation from Gangalor police station. The police party had reached near the jungles of Peddapar village when suddenly they spotted two persons trying to run away seeing the police force, who were chased and nabbed.
The accused were identified as Punem Aytu (29) and Payku Punem (35) both residents of Pusnar village. The duo was active members of Ganglor area committee and were involved in several Naxal incidents, police claimed.
In a separate incident a joint police party of BSF and district police seized muzzle guns that were hidden in a pit near village Dangra under Rowghat police station. The seizure was made based on tip-off, police said. Notably Rowghat has rich deposits of iron ore which would be supplied to Bhilai Steel Plant. According to an estimate the Rowghat area once opened would produce 14 million tonnes of iron ore every year.