A joint team of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and State police arrested four Naxals from different locations in insurgency-hit Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh, a senior police official said on Saturday.
The joint team has arrested three insurgents active in Malangiri Area Committee near from village Mahenda Nilavaye while putting up Naxal poster and banner, Dantewada District Superintendent of Police (SP) Kamalochan Kashyap said.
The arrested Naxals were identified as Janmilitia member Hidma, Janmilitia member Bhima and Janmilitia member Hinga Muchaki.
During the course of investigation, it came to light that the arrested cadres were engaged in task of alerting rebels about movement of security personnel by firing crackers, SP Kasahyap said, adding that they were also arranging daily consumable items for ultras.
In another case, security personnel have arrested a janmilitia member identified as Rakesh Bhaskar. He was involved in attacking security personnel ensuring safety to team engaged in repairing of railway track in 2015.