Raipur: Security forces in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district arrested eight active Maoists during a joint operation conducted on Sunday.

The operation was carried out by personnel from the District Reserve Guard (DRG), Basaguda Police Station, and the 168th Battalion of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF).

The arrests took place near Polampalli, along the route from Putkel to Polampalli, under the jurisdiction of Basaguda Police Station.

Acting on intelligence inputs, the joint team intercepted the group and recovered a cache of explosives and Maoist propaganda material. Among the seized items were tiffin bombs, detonators, safety fuses, Cordtex wire, batteries, electrical wire, earth-digging tools, and banners bearing anti-government slogans.

Of the eight arrested, three were carryi

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