Five Maoist guerrillas arrested in Orissa

Orissa Police today arrested at least five Maoist guerrillas and seized weapons including a gun and bullets from them .

Phulbani: Orissa Police today arrested at least five Maoist guerrillas and seized weapons including a gun and bullets from them .

"It is for the first time we nabbed the Maoists from that area," a senior police official said. The weapons seized from them appear to be looted from Nayagarh armoury, he added. Police nabbed the Maoists on Thursday from Goshma forest located on the border of two districts Kandhamal and Ganjam, some 200 kilometers from the state capital Bhubaneswar, a senior police official who led the police party said.

Maoists are active in over half the state's 30 districts. In February, they killed 14 policemen in multiple attacks on police stations and a government armoury in Nayagarh district.

After committing the crime, the Maoists had escaped into the Goshma forest. Although a large number of policemen had launched a combing operation in the forest, they could not arrest any Maoist. (IANS)

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