Nine more held for involvement in Sukma cops massacre case

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Khabar Bureau
New Delhi:In Chhattisgarh, 19 Naxalites, nine of them allegedly involved in the deadly attack on CRPF personnel last week, were arrested from separate places in Sukma district on Saturday. 
Sukma Additional Superintendent of Police JitendraShukla said that out of nine Naxalites who were allegedly involved in the Burkapal attack, six were rounded up from Chintagufa police station area and three others from Chintalnar police station limits. 
He said, around a dozen suspects were also rounded up during joint search operations by the Central Reserve Police Force, the CoBRA and the district force in Chintalnar, Chintagufa and Burkapal areas of Sukma for questioning. 

The ASP said, the arrested were all active as members of DandakaranyaAdivasiKisaanMazdoorSangthan (DAKMS), a frontal wing of the Maoists.
In a separate action, 10 janmilitia members of the Maoists were arrested from Kukanar police station area by a composite squad of the CRPF, the District Reserve Guard (DRG) and the district force yesterday. 
The ASP said, they were allegedly involved in torching two trucks and opening fire at a police patrolling party in Kukanar area between Jagdalapur and Sukma on National Highway 30 on February 26. All the nineteen ultras were produced before a court in Dantewada district which sent them in judicial remand.