Three Naxals held in Bijapur

RAIPUR: Three Maoists were arrested from forests of insurgency-hit Bijapur district on Thursday. The rebels were arrested during a search operation by a joint team of CRPF's 168th battalion and district police in forests of Basaguda.
According to police, the security forces reached near Putkel when they spotted three Maoists and were caught under suspicion.
They admitted that they were involved in several violent activities, including loot, extortion and other incidents, in the region.They were booked under Arms Act. The arrested rebels were identified as Venkteshwar Pujari, Erragola Laxmaiyya and Balram, natives of Putkel village. In another development, security forces defused a tiffin bomb recovered near Tongpal region in Bastar district. The bomb disposal squad diffused the bomb while security personnel recovered one detonator, one set of tool box, Maoist literature and other stuff from the spot. tnn