Out of total nine Naxalites arrested in the joint operations, eight were arrested from different locations under Usoor police station area while one was arrested under Naimed police station limits.
Five of the apprehended Naxalites were involved in targeting a police vehicle using an IED last month. Two police personnel traveling in the vehicle had narrowly escaped the blast.
Earlier on May 23, as many as seven Naxalites were killed in an encounter with the security forces. Following the encounter, another Naxalite was killed in retaliatory firing while the security personnel were returning to their base and Naxalites attacked them.
Earlier on May 9, 6 Naxalites carrying a bounty of Rs. 36 lakh over them surrendered to the police in Sukma, Chhattisgarh. The Naxalites surrendered after getting inspired by the 'Puna Narkom' rehabilitation program for Naxals.
According to officials, the encounter broke out in the forest area near Chikurbatti-Pusbaka in Bijapur district. It said the DRG, CRPF 229, and CoBRA teams were involved in the operation
Bijapur Naxal encounter: IG Bastar P Sundarraj said that the police had received input regarding the Maoists planning an IED attack in the Pusnar and Hiroli village area.
Gunfight took place in a forest near Jabeli village under Naimed police station area around 6:00 am when a joint team of different security forces was out on an anti-Naxal operation, Inspector General of Police (Bastar Range) Sundarraj P told news agency PTI.
The incident took place at Timmapur-Putkel under Basaguda police station area of the district when a CRPF patrol comprising personnel from 'F company' of its 168th battalion was out for a road opening and sanitising duty.
Manhas had gone missing during a deadly encounter with Naxals in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district on April 3.
Naxals have released the first picture of a jawan who went missing last week after the gunfight in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur.
Bijapur Naxal Attack: Out of the 22, the CRPF lost eight personnel, including seven CoBRA commandos and one jawan from its Bastariya battalion, eight from the DRG and six from the Special Task Force.
A CRPF jawan was killed in an encounter with Naxals in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district on Monday, officials said.
The mortal remains of CRPF jawan Ajit Singh were brought to his hometown in Rajasthan's Alwar on February 19.
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