Two hardcore Maoists were arrested by police from the Hatigaon forest under the Raighar police station in Nabarangpur district on Tuesday.
South-Western Range DIG Rajesh Pandit said the Maoists were identified as Poje Mandavi alias Anita (25), a native of Sukma district in Chhattisgarh, and Samudra Bagh (32), a resident of Nuapada district in Odisha. Both were members of Mainpur Nuapada Division of CPI (Maoists).
Pandit said the duo was involved in many cases of violence in Nabarangpur, Nuapada, Kalahandi and neighbouring Chhattisgarh.
Anita had joined the Maoist fold in 2010 and was working as a party member of Bodchatia local organisation squad before joining the Mainpur-Nuapada Division. She was influenced by Bal Sanghatan under Ungi. She was promoted as area committee member (ACM) in 2020 and has been active since 2013.
Bagh had joined the Maoists in 2017 and has been active from then as a militia member of the Mainpur-Nuapada Division. He provided information and other inputs to the ultras. Bagh was also providing medicines and other essential articles to the rebels, police said.