Security Forces Arrest 3 CPI (Maoist) Cadres In Bijapur District

Bijapur District, June 18, 2023: Security forces have arrested three cadres of the CPI (Maoist) in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district, police said on Sunday.

A joint team of security personnel that was out on a search operation on Friday took the three Maoists into custody near Pusnar village under Gangaloor police station limits, an official said.

Personnel belonging to 85th battalion of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), District Reserve Guard (DRG) and local police were involved in the operation which concluded on Saturday, he said.

The police identified those arrested as Ramesh Punem (28), Bhima Punem (21) and Sukku Dhruva (38), all members of Dandakaranya Adivasi Kisan Majdoor Sangthan (a frontal wing of the Maoist party) in the area.

The detained Maoists were tasked with planting explosives and putting up posters and banners in the area, an official here said.

Source : https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/maoists-arrested-chhattisgarh-explosives-seized-8670752/