5 CPI (Maoist) Cadres Taken Into Police Custody In Bijapur District

Bijapur District, July 13, 2024: Five cadres of the CPI (Maoist) were arrested by security personnel in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district on Saturday, a police official announced to the press today.

The Maoists were captured in a forest near Metapal village under Gangaloor police station limits, the police official stated.

“Sai Mangu alias Mangu Kunjam (45), Mahesh Kursam (28), Lalu Potam (32), Phulli Punem (29) and Dhannu Punem (35) were apprehended when a joint team of District Reserve Guard (DRG) and local police was out on a anti-Maoist operation,” the police official declared.

Kunjam was active as head of ‘Janatana Sarkar’ (people’s government) squad of the Maoist party, the police official said, adding that the five detained Maoists were involved in attacks on police teams.

Source : https://theprint.in/india/five-naxalites-held-in-chhattisgarhs-bijapur/2173460/