Four Maoists including a couple were arrested by security forces during a search operation in the dense forests under Koyalibeda police station limits of insurgency-hit Kanker district on Thursday.
According to Superintendent of Police (SP), Kanker, Jitendra Singh Meena, a joint team of Special Task Force (STF), Border Security Force and Koyalibeda police been on a searching operation in forested patches under Koyalibeda police station limits.
“There was intelligence input that DK Zonal Action Team Commander Santu Bui along with his wife Jaini Komra alias Mamta had taken refuge in Hetarkasa village'', he said.
The joint team nabbed the insurgents by cordoning off the area. Both of them were carrying a bounty of Rs 8 lakh on their heads,” the SP said.
later, the joint team moved towards Jugdaand village and after seeing the police party, two men ran towards the forested areas which made the personnel suspicious and they arrested the duo identified as laxman alias Sukhram Potai and Rainu Navgo by cordoning off the area, Meena said.