Three Maoists were arrested during a search operation conducted by security forces in a forest in the insurgency-hit Bijapur district of Bastar, police said here on Thursday.
“The cadres were nabbed by a joint team of CRPF’s 168th battalion and District Force from Basaguda police station area on Wednesday evening,” Bijapur Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Mohit Garg said.
The security forces had reached Putkel village, where they rounded up three suspects who admitted to their involvement with the outlawed Naxal movement, he said.
Those arrested were identified as Balram (31), Venkteshwar Pujari (26) and Erragolla laxmaiyya (32), all natives of Putkel village, he said.
They were involved in Naxal incidents like rioting, loot and cases under The Arms Act, the ASP added.