14 Naxalites related to Burkapal attack on CRPF personnel arrested in Chhattisgarh

As many as 14 Naxalites, mostly of the lower rung cadres were arrested on Thursday from two places in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district. The Naxalites were allegedly involved in the deadly attack on CRPF personnel in April, 2017.

“While 6 cadres were apprehended from Chintagufa police station area by a joint team of DRG and District Force, eight others were held from Chintalnar police station limits by a squad of CoBRA and DF,” Deputy Inspector General of Police (Dantewada range) Sundarraj P told PTI.

Separate teams of security forces were out on search operations in the forests of Chintagufa and Chintalnar, around 450 kms away from Raipur, he said.

Of the arrested, 7 were active as janmilitia members, six as members of Dandakaranya Adivasi Kisaan Mazdoor Sangthan (DAKMS)- a frontal wing of Maoists and another as janmilitia deputy commander, he said.

They all were allegedly involved in the attack on Central Reserve Police Force personnel, belonging to 74^th battalion, on April 24 last, in Burkapal area under Chintagufa police station limits wherein 25 troopers were killed, the DIG said.

Besides, they were also allegedly involved other Naxal incidents, including loot, arson, murder and triggering IED blasts, he said.

They were produced before a local court which sent them to jail, he added.

With this, police claimed to have arrested around 95 ultras so far in connection with the Burkapal attack.