In separate operations, police nabbed seven Naxals from insurgency-hit Kanker and Sukma districts, police said here on Wednesday.
A joint team of Border Security Force (BSF) and district police arrested two Naxals in Kanker district.
While carrying out the search operation under the limits of BSF camp Charagaon, a suspected person was nabbed near Katrukurshbodi village, Deputy Superintendent of Police (Operations), Kanker, Jayant Vaishnav said.
He was later on identified as Munnuram Shori alias Redda (45) a resident of Katrukurshbodi village under Siksod police station. In all, eight cases were registered against Shori for his involvement in incidents like murder, dacoity and similar others.
In a similar action, Rup Singh Korram a 27-year-old resident of Badgaon was arrested by a joint team of BSF camp Madgaon and district police near Mendra village in the district. “Korram was an active member of lOS (local Organizing Squad) active in Badgaon area. He was involved in bomb blast incident in which a BSF jawan was injured,” the DSP added.
In a separate incident, a contingent of CRPF’s elite force CoBRA (Commando Battalion for Resolute Action) and district police succeeded in arresting five Naxals from Gondpalli village in Sukma district.
According to Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP), Sukma, Santosh Singh, police was in search of the ultras for their involvement in attacking polling parties during three-tier Panchayat elections held last year.
They were identified as Kavasi Kosa (29) of Mosalpara Gondpalli, Tati Joga (35) of Permapara, Banjam Bandi (25) of Muler, Podyami Ganga (26) and Podiyami Guddu (23) both from Padampara Konder under Gadiras police station limits.