Security Forces (SFs) arrested two Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) ‘militia members’, along with explosive materials from Kurnapalli forest area in Cherla Mandal (administrative sub-division) in Bhadradri Kothagudem District of Telangana on January 24, reports Telangana Today. Circle Inspector (CI) B. Ashok stated that a search team comprising Cherla Police, Special Party personnel and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)’s 141 Battalion spotted three persons moving suspiciously in the forests. The SFs chased them and took two persons into custody while the third one ran away. The arrested persons were identified as – Kovasi Bhimaiah of Dokupadu in Chhattisgarh and Sodi Deepak of Burugupadu, in Charla Mandal. Both were serving as couriers for CPI-Maoist for the past three years besides being the ‘militia members’ of Cherla Area Committee.
Police personnel recently removed more than 100 booby traps (iron spikes fixed to a wooden plank), planted by Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres from 78 locations in the Telangana-Chhattisgarh border areas, reports The New Indian Express on January 25. For the past few months, Maoists are trying to extend their activities to Bhadrachalam and Manuguru divisions.