Bijapur (PTI): Four Naxalites, two of them carrying a collective bounty of Rs 9 lakh, were arrested from separate places in Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh, a police official said on Friday.

Mallesh Kunjam (40), a divisional committee member in Jagargunda area committee of Maoists, was arrested on Thursday from the forests of Polampalli village when a joint team of security personnel was out on a search operation, he said.

Personnel belonging to the District Reserve Guard (DRG) and the 210th battalion of CoBRA (Commando Battalion for Resolute Action), an elite unit of CRPF, were involved in the operation, he said.

Multiple cases of murder, attempt to murder, attacks on police, arson, loot, dacoity, and abduction have been registered against Kunjam at Tarrem, Pamed, Usoor, and Awapalli

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