In a major success, security forces on Sunday busted a temporary camp of Maoists in the dense forests of Nelnar in Abujhmarh area, about 30 km south from Narayanpur district headquarters and arrested six ultras, including two women and a minor.
The police have also seized a huge cache of arms, ammunition and daily use items from the possession of the Naxalites, said Superintendent of Police (SP) Amit Kamble.
The SP said that on March 22, police got information about a Maoist camp in the densely forested Nelnar area of Abujhmarh. On the basis of the information, on March 23, a joint team comprising district police and Special Task Force, reached the bank of the Madin River in Nelnar and spotted the camp. The security forces then cordoned off the camp, but somehow, the insurgents got wind of the presence of police and opened fire on them. The joint force retaliated and the gunbattle lasted for about 40 minutes. later, the police succeeded in arresting six persons from the spot, while others managed to disappear in the dense forest, the SP said.
Police said the arrested Maoists were identified as Manko Kevachi, Baisi Kodiyami, Masoram Korram, Shankar Yadav, Musruram Jurri, all residents of Nelnar and Bheemsen Poyami resident of Chitrakoot. Police seized three muzzle guns, one tiffin bomb, torches, multi-meters, one printer, printer tonner, Naxal outfits, a solar plate, eleven pittu bags, radio sets, wire, 12 volt converter, iron arrows, batteries, daily use items, medicines, explosives and Maoist literature.