Four naxals, including one of them carrying a reward of Rs 2,000 on his head, were arrested from separate places in Maoist-hit Narayanpur district, police said here on Thursday.
According to the police, the arrested insurgents were identified as Sonsai (35), Kheduram Yadav (50), Ganesh Nuruti (40) and Vihwanath Yadav (40).
Sonsai, Kheduram Yadav and Ganesh Nuruti were arrested from Naraynpur police station limits by a joint team of STF (Special Task Force) and Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP), Naranyanpur O P Sharma, informed.
Police had inputs about presence of Naxals in separate places in the limits of Narayanpur police station. Accordingly, security personnel were sent for the lookout. During the operation, Sonsai was nabbed from his native Kundala village, while the two other ultras were held at Kihkad village, he informed.
Sharma further informed that, Sonsai was working as member of ‘Janatana Sarkar’ one of the offshoots of banned organization CPI (Maoist) in Kundala since 1988 and had also headed the ‘Chetna Natya Manch’ during this period. Cash reward of Rs 2,000 was declared on his arrest.
Kheduram and Ganesh were associated with the Naxal groups active in Kohkameta village in Bastar region. The trio was involved in several serious criminal incidents like loot, arson, murder and attacks on police party, the ASP claimed.
In a separate incident, Vihwanath Yadav was nabbed from the Narayanpur town on Wednesday. Yadav was rounded up near Sonpur road under Narayanpur police station limits on the basis of suspicion.
He was involved in several offenses of attacks on the police party, kidnapping and killings, and played an important role in arranging essential commodities for Naxals and holding meetings for senior leaders, Sharma said.