A Maoist couple, who had allegedly been involved in the kidnapping of the then Malkangiri district Collector Vineel Krishna in 2011, was arrested by the Visakhapatnam police on Wednesday.
The Red rebels, identified as Bellam Narayanaswamy alias Damodar and Gangi Madi, were carrying cash reward of Rs 20 lakh and Rs 1 lakh, respectively, on their heads.
Police sources said Damodar was wanted in over 100 cases of attack on cops, police stations and landmine blasts in Odisha and Andhra Pradesh. He and his wife were working for the Maoists as special zonal committee members. The couple was allegedly involved in killing 35 persons after attacking a boat near the Chitrakonda reservoir in 2008, murder of a BSF commandant in 2012, killing policemen in Kalimela in 2008 and several similar violent activities.