India News | Chhattisgarh: 6 Naxals Arrested in Bijapur, Explosives Seized
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Six Naxals were arrested from separate places in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district and explosives were seized from four of them, police said on Saturday.
Bijapur, Feb 26 (PTI) Six Naxals were arrested from separate places in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district and explosives were seized from four of them, police said on Saturday.
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Sonu Korsa (35), Munna Hapka (37), Mangal Korsa (26) and Sonu Hapka (27) were apprehended from Padeda-Cherpal area under Bijapur police station limits, while Korsa Sannu (30) was held from a different location in the same area, Additional Superintendent of Police Pankaj Shukla said.
"These arrests took place on February 24 when a joint team of District Reserve Guard (DRG) and local police was out on an anti-Naxal operation. One more ultra, identified as Sukhram Karam (30), was arrested on Friday at a police check post (MCP) set up between Awapalli and Murdanda," he said.
Two tiffin bombs, detonators, detonating cord, electric wire, Maoist literature were seized from the four held in Padeda-Cherpal area, he added.
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