The SOG and DVF jawans arrested two Maoists, while another managed to flee in Adikonda-Paliguda area under Kalimela police station limits on Saturday evening. It was a prize catch of the police after the murder of Kulamanu village Sarpanch on April 3 last.
The ultras were identified as Debasodi (20) and Gudura Madi (22) of of Adikonda village working at Kalimela Dalam under the leadership of Maoist leader Sudhir. During the capture of the duo, it was Sudhir who escaped the police dragnet, police said. Debasodi and Gudura confessed that seven Maoists were involved in the killing of the Kulamanu Sarpanch.
During the combing operation, the joint forces seized one country-made gun, a pistol, 19 cartridges, a hand grenade, a tiffin bomb, explosives used in making landmine, dresses, a cap, life saving medicines, booklets and posters from the camp.