Earlier on Wednesday, at least 22 naxals were killed in an ongoing encounter near the Keregutta Hills in Bijapur district in Chhattisgarh, police said.
In a significant move against Naxal insurgency, the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) and Chhattisgarh Police (CGP) have successfully established a Company Operating Base (COB) at Nelangur, strategically located on the Chhattisgarh-Maharashtra border.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday congratulated the security force personnel and the Chhattisgarh Police after the 22 Naxals surrendered in Chhattisgarh's Sukma.
Security forces have killed a total of 22 Naxalites in two separate operations in Bijapur and Kanker districts of Chhattisgarh, police said on Thursday.
The arrested accused have been identified as Bhawan Lal Jain alias Bhuwan Jain, his associate Suresh Kumar Salam, along with Shailendra Kumar Baghel alias Golu, and Anduram Salam.
A group of assistant teachers protesting against their termination on the streets of the city were detained in Raipur city, a senior police officer said.
Patnaik said that the Panchayat Raj representatives including Sarpanches and Panchayat Samiti members of the Kirimira block in Odisha's Jharsuguda district were detained by Chhattisgarh police in Mahasamund.