In a major breakthrough, the Chhattisgarh police arrested six Naxals including an alleged deputy commander who were involved in blowing up a bus recently in which 32 people were killed.
A police team from Kuankonda was sent to Phoolpahad forest after receiving a tip-off about Naxal movement there, SP Dantewada S R P Kalluri said. The Naxals were engaged in a meeting when the police reached
All six of them were wanted in various cases lodged in different police stations including blowing of a bus five months ago that had killed 32 persons, many of whom were securitymen, besides villagers, Kalluri said. The arrested Naxals were being interrogated, he said.
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