Five naxals held in Dantewada

Five naxals wanted in several incidents of crime have been arrested from Kuwakonda area of Chhattisgarh's insurgency-hit Dantewada district, police said today.
While four cadres were apprehended from Mokhpal weekly market, another was nabbed from Palnar village area under Kuwakonda police station limits last evening, Dantewada Superintendent of Police Kamlochan Kashyap told PTI.
Acting on a tip-off about the arrival of rebels at Mokhpal weekly market for procuring commodities of daily use, a joint team of Central Reserve Paramilitary Force (CRPF) and local police were mobilised at the spot along with some police informers to identify the rebels disguised as villagers, the SP said.

During inspection at the market, the ultras identified as Hidma Podiyami, Pandu Sodhi, Gali Muchaki and Joga Madkami were caught, he added.
Similarly, another team of security forces arrested naxal-Kosa Kodopi from Palnar area, he said.
They all were active as 'jan militia' members and involved in several naxals incidents, including damaging roads to block vehicular movement, laying iron spikes in forests to harming security forces and attacking police patrol parties, the SP added.