Five Maoists including two carrying cash rewards on their arrest were nabbed from a forested patch of insurgency-hit Sukma district, police said here on Sunday.
“A joint team of STF and DF personnel that had started on a search operation from Gadiras police station was carrying out area domination/searching exercise in the jungles near Padampara Kondre and Badesatti villages where they nabbed the ultras,” Superintendent of Police (SP) Sukma IKS Elesela said.
They were identified as Podiyami Bheema, Handa Mandavi, Nuppo Deva, Kamlu Kesa and Rava Sukka- all residents of Sukma district.
The Office of SP Sukma had declared cash reward of ` 2,000 on Rava Sukka while ` 1000 on Sukka Mandavi, police informed. They were all involved in criminal incidents like brawl, damaging road and other public property. They were presented in a court at Bacheli and were later on sent to jail.