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Five Maoist guerrillas arrested in Orissa
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NewsByte on 18 April, 2008 05:28:00
 
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)