Chhattisgarh: Security forces arrest three Naxals in Kanker
Three hardcore Naxals have been arrested in a joint action by police and security forces in the Kanker district of Chhatisgarh. Read further on Dynamite News:
Kanker: Three hardcore Naxals have been arrested in a joint action by police and security forces in the Kanker district of Chhatisgarh, the police said on Sunday.
According to the Superintendent of Police, Shalabh Kumar Sinha, in a joint operation of the District Reserve Guard (DRG) and Border Security Force (BSF), three Naxals were arrested.
"Of the three arrested Naxals, two carry a reward of Rs 8 lakh each on their arrest," he said.
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Further investigation into the matter is underway, he added.
Earlier, on May 8, security forces gunned down two cadres, including a Local Operation Squad (LOS) commander carrying a cash reward of Rs 8 lakh, in an encounter in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district.
The encounter took place at a forest patch of Danteshpuram under Bhejji police station limits in the district, said Sukma Superintendent of Police (SP) Sunil Sharma.
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Weapons, arms and ammunitions, and other daily consumable articles were also recovered from the encounter site, the officer said. (ANI)