2 Women Among 4 Maoists Arrested In Chhattisgarh's Dantewada District

Raipur: Four Maoists, including two women, who were carrying cash reward on their heads, were today arrested from the Maoist hotbed of Dantewada district in Chhattisgarh, police said.

The cadres, who were allegedly involved in an attack on a police anti-landmine vehicle in Dantewada last year, were apprehended from Kirandul police station area, Dantewada Superintendent of Police Kamlochan Kashyap told PTI.

The Maoists had blown up an anti-landmine vehicle on Cholnar-Kirandul road in Dantewada on April 13, 2015 killing five policemen and injuring eight others.

Those arrested were identified as Malangir Local Operation Squad (LOS) Commander Anita alias Mitki (22), Nelnar LOS member Rajo Vekko (25) and two janmilitia members- Sannu (30) and Raju Mandavi (25), he said.

Anita was carrying a reward of Rs three lakh on her head, while Rs one lakh was announced for the arrest of another woman Rajo, he added.

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"All of them were involved in other criminal incidents, including attacks on police party, damaging railway tracks and roads, torching vehicles engaged in mining and construction works, in the region," he said.

Their interrogation was on, he added.

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