(Eds: Lead to BES 4; adding details)Raipur, Jul 16 (PTI) Nine lower rung Naxals were arrested from separate places in Chhattisgarhs Bastar division, police said today. "While five cadres were arrested from Sukma district and three from Bijapur district, another one was apprehended in Dantewada district yesterday," a senior police official told PTI. The three districts are located around 400-450 kms away from here in southern part of Bastar division. Kunjami Handa (25) and Hinga Madkam (22) were arrested from Tongpal police station limits of the district, he added. In a separate operation, three ultras, Motilal Mandavi (25), Paklu Beko (45) and Moti Beko (25), were arrested from the forests of Potenar village under Jangla police station limits, said the official.

Source: India Today July 16, 2017 15:11 UTC