A Special Guerrilla Squad (SGS) member and a militia commander besides, four militia members were nabbed by joint squads of the district police and CRPF personnel during separate combing operations in Charla mandal, bordering Chhattisgarh, on Sunday.
CPI (Maoist) SGS member Dirda Bandi alias Deelip, 24, was apprehended by the police and CRPF men during a search operation in Chintaguppa forest area last evening, Bhadrachalam ASP R. Bhaskaran told newsmen in Bhadrachalam on Monday.
The arrested SGS member hails from Kistarampadu in Charla mandal. He was wanted in three cases, including a murder and two other offences under Venkatapuram circle limits.
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Maoist militia commander Madakam Nandaiah alias Andaiah, 22, two militia members Adamaiah, 20, and Ithaiah, 25, and two Revolutionary People’s Committee members Sannaiah, 30, and Gangaiah, 35, werenabbed by the police and CRPF men near Taliperu reservoir on Sunday, the ASP said. Meanwhile, the police intensified surveillance and combing operations.