Naxal arrested, tiffin bomb seized

A Naxal was arrested today and a tiffin bomb seized from him in Chhattisgarh’s Kanker district, police said. Pander Rachla was arrested from a jungle near Bajrangi village and the tiffin bomb recovered, SP Rahul Bhagat told reporters.

“During interrogation, Rachla said Naxals had planned to plant the tiffin bomb in a police station and he had gone to recce the area when the police team nabbed him,” Bhagat said. Rachla claimed some government employees were assisting the Naxals.

—-PTI