A total of three Naxals have been arrested during separate operations conducted in insurgency-hit Kanker and Bijapur districts, police said here on Thursday.
Two insurgents were arrested during a search operation carried out in Khairkatta forest falling under Kiskoda police station, Superintendent of Police (SP), Kanker, R N Dash informed.A joint team of Border Security Force (BSF) and District Force (DF) was conducing search in the jungle of Khairkatta when they received inputs about presence of Naxals in the area.The security personnel immediately reached the spot and arrested them. They were identified as Vijay Uikey (38) and Samru Mahavir Uikey (45), the SP said.
They insurgents involved in different serious criminal incidents including murder and similar offences, Dash added.He further informed that a ‘Naxal Memorial’ was razed down by security personnel while on a combing operation in a jungle patch of Pakhanjur region. The 30-feet tall Memorial was the highest demolished by security forces in the district so far, the SP remarked.In separate action, a team of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and District Force (DF) arrested a suspected Naxal from Bijapur.
The insurgent was identified as Uika Gunda (27). He was arrested from Kumharapara village under Basaguda police station, Bijapur, Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Indira Kalyan Elesela, informed.Gunda was working with Maoists and was involved in different Naxal activities, the ASP said.