Nabarangpur: In a major breakthrough, the Nabarangpur district police arrested four Maoists sympathizers from the Raighar area of the district this morning.
The district police also seized several posters, banners, which urged people to boycott the ensuing polls in the state, from the Maoist supporters. Besides, two bikes were also seized from their possessions.
Speaking about the development, Nabarangpur SP Kusalkar Nitin Dagdu said, “The four Maoist supporters who have been identified as Pilaram Netam, Iswarilal Netam, Tikesh Netam and Sanjay Netam of Chhattisgarh were arrested due to the alertness of the district police today. They were arrested while putting up the posters of CPI (Maoist) of Sita Nadi Area Committee of Chhattisgarh.”
“During interrogation they revealed that they were putting up the Maoist posters in the area to create panic among the locals and to discourage them for not participating in the forthcoming election process,” he added.
All of them were arrested under section 120 (B), 121, 121-A, 506, 34 of the IPC RW Section 16 (B), 18, 20 of UAP Act, informed sources.
They will be forwarded to the court later today, added the sources.
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