Two Maoists were arrested during a joint combing operation of the BSF and the Narayanpatna police in Koraput district on Sunday.
Sources said that while the security personnel carrying out the combing operation in the jungles of Kurnipadar and Panabeda under the Narayanpatna police limits caught hold of the Maoists, who were identified as Dalu Mandingi and Miniaka Dambu. The police also seized a country-made gun and some explosives from them.
The duo was assisting the most wanted Maoist leaders Daya, Aruna, Sirisha and Nachinga linga, police sources said. A case was registered against the two under Sections 25 and 27 the Arms Act and 17 of PRl Act, informed Narayanpatna PS IIC Piyush Ranjan Chhotray.
The duo along with woman Maoist Durja Praska, who was arrested from the area on Saturday, and another Red rebel held last week, were forwarded to court. The combing operation in the area has been intensified, said Chhotray.