At least 19 Maoists have been arrested in connection with the Naxal attack that took place in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district last month. The attack had led to the death of 25 CRPF jawans, while reports had also said that there were 10 casualties on the Naxalites' side.
9 persons arrested from Chintalnar &Chintagufa areas, 10 suspects apprehended from Kukanar for #Sukma Naxal attack: Abhishek Meena, SP Sukma pic.twitter.com/UIKfFOxhXj
— ANI (@ANI_news) May 6, 2017
On May 4, the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and the Chhattisgarh Police had also arrested four Naxalites in a joint operation. One of those arrested is said to be a juvenile. Several other Naxalites are said to be under the radar of security agencies in connection with the attack.
The Maoist ambush had taken place on April 24, and the jawans who were injured in the attack had said that they had been attacked by close to 300 Naxalites who used local villagers as human shields. The jawans had also been reportedly let down by local mobile network, which was unavailable to them for quite some time.
In a joint operation, the CRPF and the Chhattisgarh Police had arrested four Naxalites earlier this week in connection with the attack.
The Home Ministry had also asked for a detailed report from the CRPF on the attack.
President Pranab Mukherjee, Vice President Hamid Ansari, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other senior leaders across political parties had condemned the attack and expressed their condolences to the families of the deceased.
