Eight suspected Naxals, including a woman, were arrested today during a joint operation by security forces in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district.
They were apprehended from Murki and Rampuram villages under Gadiras police station limits when the forces were carrying out 'area domination exercise' in the region, Sukma additional Superintendent of Police Santosh Singh told PTI.
A joint squad of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and district police force had launched the operation in the interior of Gadiras, around 400 km from Raipur, he said.
Those arrested were identified as Madavi Muya (35), Somaru (35), Kawasi Manga, Podiyami Bheema, Padami Muya (28), Banjami Hidma (32), Madvi Veera (36) and the woman Madkami Hidme, all residents of different villages in Gadiras region.
They were suspected to be involved in several incidents of violence during the last year's panchayat polls, planting of IEDs, digging of roads to hamper vehicular movement, dropping of Maoist pamphlets and putting up posters and banners, etc., the ASP said.
