Six hardcore Naxals including two carrying reward of Rs8 lakh and Rs5 lakh each were arrested in the insurgency hit Bijapur district, police informed here on Tuesday. One of the held ultras was involved in Jheeram valley attack on the Congress party convoy, said Superintendent of Police, Bijapur, Kl Dhruv. The insurgents were identified as Baman hailing from Bijapur, Aytu linga from Bijapur, Ghasiya alias Jogi of Bade Bedma, Sodhi Sanna from Dantewada, Bheema Kunjam and Hurra Kunjam from Dantewada.
“Baman a member of Section-A of Platoon number-3 of Maoist Military Company number-2 was nabbed during an operation carried out at Kavdand village under Katekalyan Police station limits of Dantewada district”, the SP informed. The rebel was part of Naxal teams that had executed Jheeram valley massacre wherein top leadership of State Congress party was whipped out on May 25, 2013. He had joined Naxal cadre in 2006 and was inducted into Maoist Military in 2010. The State Government had declared reward of Rs8 lakh on his head, the SP informed. The member of Bhairamgarh local Guerrilla Squad (lGS) Aytu linga was nabbed in Metapal village, Dantewada. He was also a Naxal trainer and used to train recruits. He carried reward of Rs5 lakh on his head, Dhruv said.
linga had blown up a vehicle that was carrying CISF jawans in 2008 at Bacheli wherein three persons had lost their lives, the SP said, adding he was inducted in Naxal organisation in 2006 and was involved in different Maoist incidents. Sodhi Sanna, the Malangir Range Committee President of Dandakaranya Adivasi Kisan Majdoor Sangh (DAKMS) was arrested from Dantewada. He carried reward of Rs1 lakh on his arrest and was involved in ambush attack on police party in Shyamgiri hills last year wherein 5 persons including Station House Officer Kudakonda had been martyred, the SP said.
Ghasia alias Jogi a member of Malangir local Operating Squad (lOS) was arrested from Bedma and he too carried cash reward of Rs1 lakh on his head. The guerrilla along with other Naxals had blown up a passenger bus at Chingavaram last year. He had participated in Tahkavada Naxal ambush wherein 14 jawans were killed.
Bheem Kunjam and Hurra Kunjam were Janmilita members active in Malangir and used to assist Naxals, the SP said.