Four suspected Naxals were arrested during a search operation conducted in a forested patch of the insurgency-hit Narayanpur district, police said on Thursday.
Station House Officer Narayanpur informed that police had inputs about presence of Naxals in the jungles of Edkamar village under Narayanpur Police station. Acting on the tip-off a team of district police was sent on the spot. After seeing the police force that they tried to run away. However, the jawans chased them and they were arrested.
Those arrested were identified as Devsingh Wadde, Amru Potai, Dasu Kachlam and Santer Salaam, all aged between 25 and 30 years and were active members of Nelnaar-Kohkameta dalam of Maoists, he said. He further informed that no arms were sized from their possession.
Police claimed that they were involved in several criminal offences, including attacks on security forces during recently concluded Assembly election, in restive Jhara and Dhaudai region. They were produced before a local court which sent them to jail on Thursday, The SHO said.