Security personnel undertaking combing operation nabbed two rebels in insurgency-hit Sukma district of Chhattisgarh, police said on Wednesday.
The arrested insurgents were identified as Madkami Dotel (28) and Madkami Somaru (20), said Sukma Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Santosh Singh, elaborating that Dotel was carrying cash reward of Rs2,000 on his head.
From their possession, security personnel have seized some conventional arms, added Singh. While undertaking anti-Naxal exercise in a forest falling under limits of Chintagufa police station, a joint squad of District Force (DF) and Chhattisgarh Armed Force (CAF) spotted movement of two suspected persons following which they were rounded up after a short chase, he said.
During the course of interrogation, the duo admitted their links with Maoists and besides, they also revealed their involvement in some Naxal incidents, Singh said.
According to him, the arrested ultras were involved in torching vehicles engaged in construction of National Highway-30 and also damaging the road falling under limits of Tongpal police station. Police have produced the duo in a local court.