A joint police team arrested six Naxals carrying reward on their heads during a search operation in Narayanpur district of Bastar region, police said.
The insurgents were arrested by a joint team of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and District Force (DF) from Koranda forests under Benoor police station limits, Narayanpur Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) OP Sharma informed.He said that a joint contingent of 139 battalion of CRPF and a team of local police were on a combing operation in Benoor region this morning. When they reached Koranda forests, they spotted some suspects trying to escape into the deep jungles following which a chase was carried out and the insurgents were nabbed.
During interrogation, the insurgents admitted to being involved with the outlawed CPI (Maoist), he said.Those arrested were identified as Somnath, Kajru, Ratiram, Raiju, Rajnu and Rajman, all aged between 20-30 years, and active in the Koranda region, Sharma said.They (insurgents) were involved in several incidents of crime, including deadly attacks on police party, murder, loot, kidnapping and others, he said.
The arrested Somnath, Kajru and Raiju were carrying a reward of Rs10,000 each on their heads while a reward of Rs5,000 each was announced on Ratiram and Rajman , he said.This apart, the arrested insurgent Rajnu was carrying a reward on Rs500 on his head, he said.