5 Naxals held in Chhattisgarh

Raipur, Sep 13 (PTI) Five Naxals, who were allegedlyinvolved in torching vehicles engaged in a road constructionlast year, were arrested from Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district,police said today. Acting on specific inputs, the ultras were arrestedfrom the forests of Rampuram village under Bhopalpatnam policestation area by a team of local police last evening, BijapurSuperintendent of Police KL Dhurv told PTI. The accused Ramesh Durgam (22), Ishtari Durgam (25),Santosh Jhadi (27), Rapur Mahesh (34) and Jhadi Satyanarayan(26), are lower rung members of the outlawed CPI (Maoist), hesaid. On October 25 last year, at least 37 vehicles andmachines engaged in the construction of theBhopalpatnam—Bhadrakali—Tarlaguda road, were set ablaze byultras at three different locations. The accused were allegedly part of Maoists’ squad thatset afire the vehicles at a location in Bhopalpattnam, the SPsaid. PTI TKP NRB IKARDS