In a major success, two Naxals fell to police net during a search operation carried out by security forces in Dantewada town, police said here on Saturday.
“Acting on inputs provided by intelligence agencies, a team of district police nabbed two ultras from bus stand area of Dantewada town,” Additional Superintendent of Police (Naxal operations) Dantewada, Gorakhnath Baghel said.
According to the ASP, the ultras were arrested while performing recce of security forces near Faraspal chowk.
The arrested ultras were identified as Baman Kadti a member of DKAMS (Dandakaranya Kisan Adivasi Majdoor Sangh) an outfit of banned Naxal organization CPI-Maoist. Baman Kadti was resident of Godre village under Dantewada police station limits.
likewise, the other person was identified as Hidma Kartam, who was also a member of DKAMS and President of Naxal village committee at Toyelanak village under Katekalyan police station limits.
According to police, they were involved in killing of linga Mandavi who was Sarpanch of Gadapal village. Mandavi was killed in September 2015 during a Naxal ‘Jan Adalat’.
“In a similar fashion Gangu Kashyap- the Janpad Panchayat member of Mandoli- was also killed in 2015. Police was searching Hidma and linga in this connection. They were also involved in arson and loot incident which happened at a poultry farm in Murki village,” the ASP mentioned.