Chhattisgarh: 3 Maoists arrested in Dantewada dist

June 28, 2015 17:40

A husband and wife couple were among three Maoists arrested today from separate places in Chhattisgarh's insurgency-hit Dantewada district with police saying all three were carrying rewards on their head. Dantewada Superintendent of Police, Kamlochan Kashyap, told PTI that dreaded Maoist couple Mallesh alias Dhansingh and his wife Sukay Vetti were apprehended by a joint team of the district force and CRPF 195th battalion from Korlapal village forests under Geedam police station.

A combing operation was launched based on intelligence inputs in the Korlapal region, located around 400-km away from the Chhattisgarh state capital of Raipur, to nab the duo, he said.

Mallesh was a prominent leader of CPI (Maoist) and was active as a commander of Section 'A' of military platoon No.1 which is part of military company No.6 of the outlawed outfit, police said.

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