Maoists on Sunday held two vendors captive in worst insurgency-hit Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh, police said.
The incident took place at weekly market of village Yampur falling under limits of Pamed police station during morning hours, said Bijapur Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Indira Kalyan Elesela.
The two vendors identified as Jetti Ramkrishna (45) and Vemula Sathish (25) were from Telangana, said Elesela.
According to the police, preliminary investigation revealed that the duo was cautioned by rebels not to enter in the region for trade purposes.
Overlooking the warning, they had entere the village for vending in weekly market.
Soon after getting the information regarding the abduction, security personnel launched a hunt in search of the abducted vendors.
As of now, whereabouts of the abducted vendors is still to be ascertained, police said.