Chhattisgarh Armed Force and local police arrest 3 Naxals in Sukma

A joint squad of Chhattisgarh Armed Force (CAF) and district force from the forests under Pushpal police station area in Chhattisgarh on Tuesday arrested three Maoists in Sukma district. 

The arrests were made during a search operation in the Naxal-affected region. 

The cadres were apprehended on Monday were identified as Kawasi Hadma (32) from Darbha area of Bastar district, and Ramnath Nag (21) and Buchha Dhurwa (24), both natives of Malkangiri in Odisha, a district police official told PTI.

According to him, the trio were active as jan-militia members - lower rung Maiosts, and were allegedly involved in the attack on a police party between Daldali and Tulsi villages of the region on March 28 this year.

They were produced before a court in Sukma on Monday which remanded them in judicial custody, the official said.

(With Inputs from PTI)

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