Raipur, Apr 2: Three Naxals were arrested during a search operation in Chhattisgarh's Bijpaur district on Monday, police said.
“The cadres were arrested from the forests of Chintanpalli village in Toynar area by a joint contingent of Chhattisgarh Armed Forces and district police,” Bijpaur SP Prashant Agrawal said.
The trio - Vijja Telam (40), Mudma Vande (35) and Mudma Pandu (42) - were active members of National Park Area Committee of Maoists and involved in cases of attempt to murder and arson, he said.
In a separate incident, a Naxal carrying a reward of Rs 3,000 on his head was arrested during a search operation along the border of Kanker and Rajnandgaon districts.
Talwar Boga (30) was nabbed by a joint team of Kanker district force and BSF jawans from Jakke village, a senior police official said.
