Chhattisgarh: Top Maoist leaders surrender

Raipur: Three Naxals were arrested and two high ranking cadres, including a woman, surrendered in separate places of Chhattisgarh’s insurgency-hit Bastar region, police said today.

Intensive search and combing operations in the LWE (left wing extremism) areas has resulted in more arrests of red rebels during the ongoing Martyrs’ week being observed by them from July 28 to August 3, a senior police official told PTI.

Cadre, Gangaram alias Rupesh Korram (22), who was involved in several deadly attacks on security forces, was apprehended from Jharaghati police station limits of Narayanpur district last night, the official said. A joint team of CAF (Chhattisgarh Armed Force) and district force was dispatched from Jharaghati police station towards restive Kaushalnar forests on an area domination exercise.

Korram was nabbed from Kaushalnar Patelpara village forests while he was trying to flee from the area, he said. He was involved in several incidents of crimes, including killing of 27 CRPF personnel near Rakas nullah and murder of five police jawans after abducting a bus in 2010,killing of three CAF jawans near Hathibeda forests last year and other incidents, the official, said, adding, he was carrying a reward of Rs 5,000 on his head.

In another incident, a warranty cadre-Sagru Nareti was arrested from Tadoki police station limits of Kanker district today by a joint team of BSF (Border Security Force)  and district force, he said. Besides, a rebel was arrested from Mardapal police station limits of Kondagaon district.

PTI