Five Maoists involved in different incidents were arrested during a search operation carried out by security forces in the insurgency-hit Sukma district, police said here on Wednesday.
A team of security personnel from 230th battalion CRPF, STF and district police had started on area domination exercise from Gadiras police station.
“Based on intelligence inputs, the team reached a weekly market at Korra and nabbed the five insurgents,” Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Santosh Singh informed.
According to the police, the arrested were identified as Sodhi Joga (30), Sodhi Kosa (28), Madkam Ranga (22), Madvi Budhra (25) and Sodhi Deva alias Malir (28) all residents of villages under the limits of Gadiras Police station.
Sodhi Joga, according to the ASP, was wanted in connection with an abduction and murder case. The Superintendent of Police Sukma had declared cash reward of Rs 5,000 on his arrest.
Madkam Ranga and Madkam Budhra were involved in looting ballot boxes and other polling material last year. They were later on produced before a local court which has sent them jail on judicial remand, the ASP said.