Six Naxalites including a Maoist couple who carried a collective reward of Rs 6 lakhs on their heads were arrested from Dantewada district in Chhattisgarh, police said on Sunday.
Munna Barsa alias Lalu and his wife Mangali Punem were apprehended by security forces on Saturday from the forest of Basanpur village, Dantewada Superintendent of Police Gaurav Rai said.
Barsa was a People’s Party Committee Member (PPCM) of the Maoist platoon number 13 while his wife was a Matwada Local Organisation Squad member.
Barsa carried a reward of Rs 5 lakh and his wife had a bounty of Rs 1 lakh. The couple was involved in several Naxalite incidents.
The police seized three detonators, two gelatin rods and Rs 54,650 in cash from the couple.
Similarly, the security forces nabbed four Maoists from the jungles of Gondaras village on Saturday. A court sent the six to prison.