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Chhattisgarh: Seven Naxals arrested in Bastar district, explosives seized

Police nabbed the Naxals from the peripheral area of Chandometa forests under Darbha Police Station limits.

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Seven Naxals, including two women, were arrested and explosives were recovered from them in Chhattisgarh’s insurgency-hit Bastar district on Wednesday as the ‘martyrs’ week’ of the ultras came to an end.

Based on inputs provided by state intelligence wing and local informers, police nabbed the Naxals from the peripheral area of Chandometa forests under Darbha Police Station limits, Bastar Superintendent of Police R N Dash said.

When police were cordoning off the forest area between Kandnar-Koleng and Urukpal-Bodawada villages, around 400 km from here, the ultras tried to escape but were caught after a short chase, the SP said.

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The arrested rebels were identified as Maglal (21), Lakhma (20), Hidma (30), Lakhmuram (25), Rama (35) and women rebels Lakhmi (20) and Hungi (22).

They admitted to being part of Darbha division committee of the Maoists, the SP said, adding three improvised explosive devices (IEDs), about two dozen gelatin rods, detonators, batteries, among other things, were seized from them.

Darbha ‘division commander’ of the Maoists, Vinod, had provided them the explosives to target the security forces during the ‘martyrs’ week observed by rebels from July 28 to August 3, the Dash said.

On July, 29, Chhattisgarh Police arrested two people, and recovered a massive haul of explosives from the state’s Maoist-affected Bastar district, at a time when security agencies are on high alert owing to an ongoing Maoist ‘martyrs week’. The recoveries included 1,250 electronic detonators, 1,838 gelatin sticks and 150 kg of ammonium nitrate making it one of the biggest explosive recoveries in the past few years.
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Police had gunned down two Naxals in the same region on Monday.

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