Two Maoists were arrested during a search operation in insurgency-hit Dantewada district of Bastar region, a senior police official said on Monday.
A joint squad of District Force and CRPF’s 195th battalion had launched a search operation in the core areas of Katekalyan police station area during which the two cadres were arrested, Dantewada District Superintendent of Police (SP) Kamalochan Kashyap said.
The two were allegedly involved in torching a passenger bus after asking the occupants to alight near Gatam village of the region last month, he said, adding that they were carrying a reward of Rs 1 lakh each on their heads.
Those arrested were identified as Hando Mandavi s/o Budhram Mandavi and Kosa Mandavi s/o Deva both native of Metapal village, the SP further said.
Besides, they were also wanted in various crimes including murder, attacks on police party, killing of a police constable at a weekly market in Katekalyan (2015), killing of village sarpanch’s husband Dharmendra Kudiyam (2016) and several other Naxal incidents, the SP added.