Police Officials Report Arrests Of 13 Maoists By Security Personnel In Bijapur District

Bijapur District, November 29, 2024: Speaking to the press today, an official from the Bijapur district police announced the arrests of thirteen cadres of the CPI (Maoist) on Friday by security personnel in three separate incidents in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district.

Three of the alleged Maoists were held from Tarrem police station limits, and five each from Awapalli and Jangla police station limits, the police official declared.

The District Reserve Guard (DRG), Special Task Force (STF), Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and its elite unit CoBRA (Commando Battalion for Resolute Action) were involved in the operations that led to the arrest of the supposed Maoists, the police official commented.

Of those arrested, Kosa Punem alias Hadma is reported to be a member of the Maoist party’s Jagargunda Area Committee, the police official stated, adding that a couple of tiffin bombs, explosive materials, detonating cord as well as Maoist publicity materials were seized from the detainees.

Source : https://www.deccanherald.com/india/chhattisgarh/thirteen-naxalites-held-from-three-places-in-chhattisgarhs-bijapur-3297612