Unknown event in Bastar District, Bastanar-Kankloor road under Kodenar Police Station limits area, India on Fri 7th January 2022

Police in Bastar District of Chhattisgarh on July 1, said it had busted an alleged Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) supply network with the arrest of nine persons, including a 51-year-old man from West Bengal, and had seized materials used in explosives, reports latestly.com. Acting on a tip-off, the accused were arrested from Bastanar-Kankloor road under Kodenar Police Station limits in Bastar District when the consignment was being supplied to the Maoists, Inspector General of Police (IGP), Bastar range, Sundarraj P. Those arrested were identified as Kosa alias Kosa Kawasi, Rameshwar Pujari, Anant Ram Jaiswal, Bal Singh Tamu, Bablu Ram Kuhrami, natives of Bijapur District, Maniram and Ujor Bedta of Kodenar village (Bastar) and Krishna Prasad Sao of West Bengal, IGP, Sundarraj said, adding, "As per preliminary investigation, Naxals active in Jangla area of Bijapur came in contact with Bedta and Sao who offered them to provide explosive materials. As per the pre-decided spot, the duo had arrived on Kankloor road to deliver the consignment during which they were rounded up. Kawasi, who was active as Maoist Jan militia member in Jangla area, and Pujari, who acts at courier for the ultras, had arrived to receive the consignment. Five others who were accompanying Kawasi and Pujari have been involved in Naxal-related activities." Nine boosters (83 mm) explosives, two bundles of detonating cord, 13 detonators, 3.5-meter safety fuse, 31 detonator-assembled excel wires have been seized from their possession apart from an SUV, a motorcycle and mobile phones, the IGP said.