3 Naxals arrested in Chhattisgarh

22 August,2013 09:26 AM IST |   |  PTI

Three Naxals were arrested today during a a search operation in the Maoist-hit Gariyaband district, 150 kms from here, police said


"They were nabbed from a forest in Shobha police station area by a team of local police this evening," a senior police official told PTI. The arrested persons were identified as Govind Netam (25), Bisahu Ram Markam (35) and Dukhlal Netam (27).u00a0

According to police, they were involved in spreading Naxal propaganda in the region, besides helping others cadres in supplying the commodities of daily use.

They were also involved in two deadly Naxal attacks on security forces in the past few months in the district, the official said. Bags of 'pithhu' (a cereal-flour), Naxal-literature, pamphlets, uniforms, banners, medicines were also recovered from their possession

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