Four Maoists including two carrying cash rewards of Rs 2,000 and Rs 5,000 on their arrest were held during anti-insurgency operation carried out by security forces in insurgency infested Sukma district, police said here on Tuesday.
According to the police, they were all Naxal Janmilita members, the frontal organization of banned Communist Party of India (Maoist).
A joint team of District Police, 230th and 195th battalion CRPF and DRG made the arrests during an operation carried out in the jungles under the limits of Gadiras police station limits, Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Sukma Santosh Singh said.
The insurgents were identified Madvi Deva (27), Madvi Ganga (25), Kartami Nanda (23) and Madkami lakhma (26) all residents of different villages under Gadiras police station limits.
They were involved in attack on polling parties during tri-level Panchayat election, he said. Madvi Deva carried reward of Rs 5,000 while Madvi Ganga carried reward of Rs 2,000 on their arrest, he said.