Four Naxalites, one of them carrying a reward of Rs 1 lakh on his head, were arrested from two places in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district on Sunday, police said.
While three of them were apprehended from a forest between Etepal and Jiakodta villages in the Kuakonda police station area, a Maoist commander was held near Medpal village in the Aranpur police station limits, police said.
The District Reserve Guard (DRG), Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and District Force were involved in the actions, Dantewada Superintendent of Police Abhishek Pallava said.
Those held in Kuakonda were identified as Baman Sodhi (22), Hidma Sodhi (22) and Hidma Madvi (20), all lower-rung cadres.
They were allegedly tasked with putting up Maoist banners and posters, damaging roads in interior pockets and planting explosives to target security forces, the officer said.
In Aranpur, Maoist militia commander Padam Mada (27) was caught while trying to escape on sensing security personnel, he said.
Mada was wanted in connection with incidents of attack on a police team, a civilian killing and damaging public property, Pallava said, adding that he carried a reward of Rs 1 lakh on his head.