Three Naxals arrested in Sukma

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Three Naxals, one of them carrying a reward of Rs 1 lakh on his head, were arrested in Chhattisgarh's insurgency-hit Sukma district, police said.

The rebels were apprehended late on Thursday evening from a forest near Kongdam village under Errabor police station limits by the district police, a local police official said.

The area is around 500 km south from Raipur.

One of the arrested Naxals, Tutti Bhima (22), was a Jan Militia commander and carrying a reward of Rs 1 lakh on his head, the police official said.

The other two were identified as Sodhi Naga (40), head of Maraiguda Jantana Sarkar squad, and Sodhi Lachha (27).

The three were allegedly involved in planting of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) to target security forces and firing on police teams in Sukma district.

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