Security forces rounded up nine Maoists in separate actions from insurgency-hit Sukma district in restive Bastar region.
The arrested insurgents were produced in a local court which sent them to jail on judicial remand, Superintendent of Police, D Shravan said on Thursday.
According to the SP, different teams of District Police and central forces had started on search operation in Singavaram area.
Based on intelligence inputs, the insurgents were rounded up, Shravan said, adding, they were brought in helicopter from Konta to Sukma district headquarters for producing them in court.
The arrested Naxals were identified as Uika Soni, Telum Sannu, Telum Bajju, Sodhi Joga, Madvi Jogi, Kunjam Joga, Sodhi Rama, Telum Bodda and Soni Hidma all residents of Singavaram region of Chhattisgarh, Shravan said.
Different cases were registered against the insurgents for their involvement in incidents like brawl, Arms Act and robbery, SP Shravan said.