Chhattisgarh: Eleven Naxals arrested

Raipur: Eleven suspected Naxals, including six women, were apprehended by security forces from the jungles of Balrampur district in Chhattisgarh early today. Officials said that a joint squad of paramilitary CRPF and state police apprehended the Naxals during a combing operation in Lahsunpath forest of Kushmi area in Sarguja division of the state. [caption id=“attachment_1435955” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  Maoists practicing a drill in an undisclosed location. Agencies.[/caption] “Eleven Naxals including six women have been handed over to the local police after they were held from the jungles,” they said. “One .315 bore gun, a pistol and two detonators along with some other explosive material have been seized from the squad,” they said. The suspected ultras are being interrogated, they said. The Sarjuga-Ambikapur belt in northern part of Chhattisgarh is not an active Naxal hotbed compared to the southern parts of Bastar and this is after a longtime that Maoists have been apprehended in these areas, they said. PTI