Five persons including two ‘Medical Health Workers’ (MHWs) were abducted by Naxals from a village situated in the limits of Bande police station of insurgency-hit Kanker district.
One of them, somehow, was able to run away from the captivity of the insurgents, informed District Superintendent of Police Rajendra Das on Friday.
The SP informed that Kamlesh Taranga and Vishnu Vadmade both of whom are MHWs hailing from Narayanpur are posted in Rengavahi village under the limits of Bande police station had reached the village for distributing Anti-malarial drugs. They were staying in the house of Kanderam Kavachi on April 22.
On the intervening night of April 22 and 23 about 20 armed guerrillas reached Kavachi’s house and abducted Kamlesh Taranga, Vishnu Vadmade, Kanderam Kvachi, Danu Kavachi and Dilip Uike at gun point, Das informed.
The Naxals then covered the eyes of the abducted person with strips and took them away in the jungles of Chhindpal which is on the border of Narayanpur and Kanker district. They were badly roughed up by the insurgents, the SP informed.
However, Konderam Kavachi after making excuse of answering nature’s call managed to run away from the captivity who then reached Kanker and registered a complaint in this connection, he maintained.
Police has registered a case of abduction, attempt to murder, brawl and Arms Act against the Naxals in this connection, Das said.
In yet another incident a suspected Naxal carrying bullet of 7.65 mm automatic gun was arrested from a fair in Rowghat area of Kanker district.
According to the police, a joint team of BSF and District Force (DF) personnel had started from Rowghat police station on a search operation. They got information about presence of suspected Naxals in the fair at Rowghat. The police party then reached at the spot and nabbed the suspected Naxal.
live ammunition of 7.65 automatic gun was found under his possession. He was identified as Sandeep Salam (20) resident of Narayanpur.