Three more insurgents were arrested by a joint team of District Force (DF) and the Border Security Force (BSF) at separate places during the ongoing operation ‘Meghdoot’ in the insurgency infested Kanker district of Bastar.
The insurgents were involved in various offences such as brawl, arson and two of them were on the run since 2006, Superintendent of Police, Kanker, RN Dash informed here on Monday.
He said that a joint team comprising District Force (DF) and Border Security Force (BSF) personnel which had started on a search operation from Siksod police station that got information about presence of insurgents in Siksod area. The team swung into action and arrested the Naxals who were identified as Chaituram (48) and Maniram (53) both residents of Siksod.
They were wanted in connection with criminal offences such as brawl, arson, damaging public property and were on the run since 2006, Dash said.
The SP further informed that in a similar action, Sohan Netam (30) was arrested from Dumarkot area of Bhanupratappur police station. ‘He too was wanted in crimes such as brawl, arson abduction.’
Two permanent warrants were issued against the Naxal from a local court, the SP stated.