14 Maoists arrested from Bastar division of Chhattisgarh

Police officials said that these Maoists were arrested by a joint team of District Police and DRG during search operations. Police said, these Maoists were involved in several incidents, including IED blasts.

A joint team of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and the District Force of police was out on a search operation under the limits of Bhejji police station in Sukma when it rounded up eight Naxals, Sukma Additional Superintendent of Police Jitendra Shukla.

All of them were allegedly involved in carrying out improvised explosive device (IED) blasts targeting the security forces and firing on police teams in Bhejji and Maraiguda areas of Sukma, Shukla said.

Elsewhere, five lower-rung Naxals were arrested from Edka police station limits in Narayanpur district, said a police official. They were accused of helping the rebels arrange meetings in villages, spreading Naxal propaganda and transporting commodities for them, he said.