Three Naxals, one of them carrying a cash reward on his head, were arrested during an area domination operation by security personnel in Chhattisgarh's insurgency-hit Bijapur district, police said today.
The cadres were rounded up by district force from a forested patch of Bangapal Police Station limits yesterday, Bijapur Superintendent of Police KL Dhruv said.
The police team was carrying out area domination exercise in Belnar, Karkwaya, Satwa and Niram villages of Bangapal region, located around 400 kms away from the state capital when they spotted ultras in Belnar, the SP said.
Those apprehended were identified as Barsa Sudru (38), Korsa Sudru (42) and Baisu Jurri (40), working as 'sangham' (lower rung cadres) members in Indravati Area Committee of the outlawed CPI (Maoist), he said.
Korsa was carrying a reward of Rs 5,000 on his head.
The interrogation of those arrested was on, the SP added.
