Based on specific inputs, two cadres of Maoist were arrested from an area under Bagodar police station of Giridih district on Sunday evening, said SP, Akhlesh V Varier.
One of them carried a cash reward of `5 lakh on his head.
The arrested cadres were identified as Nageshar Ganju alias Naag and Prusotam Ganju belonging under lawalong police station of Chatra district.
“There were inputs that these rebels had arrived at the local market of Bagodar and later they reached to Dawai forest area with an alleged intension of executing some serious crime and spreading Maoists propaganda, following which a police team under SDPO Deepak Sharma swung into action. Immediately a joint operation was launched in the jungles. Both the Naxalites were rounded up from their hideout,” SP said
Both Nageshar Ganju and Prusotam were active member of the outlowed JPC. They involved in collection of levy from different parts of Giridih and Hazaribagh, the police official said.
Nageshar Ganju was carrying a reward of `5 lakh on his head, he added.
According to the SDPO Deepak Sharma, after receiving a tip-off about the presence of the ultras at the Dawai forest, security forces raided the place and arrested them.
Police also recovered explosives from their possession. Giridih SP Akhlesh V Verier said arrested rebels were involved in a murder case and several incidents of Naxal violence in the region. Both of them are being interrogated, the police officials added.