Police have arrested three insurgents in separate actions in the Maoist stronghold Kanker district of Bastar on Thursday.
The insurgents were wanted in different incidents, Sub Divisional Officer of Police (SDOP), Bhanupratappur, Tarkeshwar Patel informed on Thursday.
He said that the insurgents were arrested following a tip off received during a joint search operation carried out in the Durgukondal police station area. “A joint team of 72 battalion of BSF and District Force was on a combing operation in the Durgukondal region during the search operation wherein they got intelligence inputs that some Naxals had reached Saraghughamre and Hulghat village. Acting on a tip-off the jawans reached both villages falling under Durgkondal police station and nabbed them,” the SDOP said, adding, no arms were seized from their possession.
The arrested insurgents were identified as Ganguram Nareti (40), Sadaram Darro (38), natives of Saraghughamre village and Golram Nareti, resident of Hulghat village. They were wanted in several criminal incidents of serious nature including attacks on police party, loot, arson and others, he added.