Three insurgents were rounded up during separate operations carried out by security forces in insurgency-hit Kanker and Sukma districts, police said on Monday.
According to Additional Superintendent of Police Sukma, Santosh Singh two persons who were members of Dandkaranya Kisan Adivasi Majdoor Sangh (DKAMS) which is part of banned Naxal organization Communist Party of India (Maoist) were arrested from Gadiras police station limits.
A contingent of district police consisting of 195th and 230th battalion of CRPF and CoBRA personnel had started on an anti-Naxal operation from Gadiras police station, the ASP said adding the suspected Naxals were nabbed near a forested patch in Korra village.
The held insurgents were identified as Madvi Hunga (22) and Madvi Deva (27) both DKAMS members. They were involved in the looting of ballot boxes during Panchayat elections held last year, the ASP added.
In a separate action, a team of district police and CRPF arrested Mahadev Korram from his house in Mardapal police station limits. Police laid hands on Mahadev following confirm intelligence input that he was present in his house, Superintendent of Police Kanker JS Watti said.
Korram was wanted in connection with the killing of a man by the hands of Naxals in Ehkali village, he added.