Two Naxals, carrying a cash reward of Rs 1 lakh each on their heads, including a female ultra were arrested during separate operations carried out by security forces in the Maoist violence-hit Dantewada district, police said here on Friday.
They were identified as Sannu Mandavi (30), a resident of Bangapal Bijapur and Madvi Linge (24), a resident of Aranpur, Dantewada.
“Mandavi was nabbed by a team of district police during an anti-Naxal operation from Barsur police station limits, about 310 km south of state capital Raipur,” a local police officer informed.
He was arrested from a forested patch near village Rekha. Police found Naxal posters and red banners in his possession. He was Karkawada president of Naxal outfit DAKMS (Dandakaranya Adivasi Kisan Majdur Sangh) affiliated to banned Communist Party of India (Maoists), police claimed.
“Madvi Linge was arrested from a police check post at Perpa Chowk under Kirandul police station limits during sudden checking. Naxal posters, fire cracker were also seized from her possession,” police claimed.
She was DAKMS President and Maoist CNM (Chetna Natya Mandali) commander. State government had declared a cash reward of Rs 1 lakh on her head, the police officer said.