Two Naxals were arrested during a search operation carried out by the security forces in the insurgency-hit Sukma district, police said here on Saturday.
The held ultras were involved in attacking polling parties during the tri-level Panchayat elections held last year, Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Sukma, Santosh Singh said.
They were identified as Madkam Deva (30) resident of Edapal and Muchki Mukka alias Gummi (32) of Gorli village under Gadiras police station limits. They were both members of Dandkaranya Kisan Adivasi Majdoor Sangh (DKAMS) one of the frontal outfits of banned CPI (M), police said.
They were arrested from Gorli village by a joint team of 230th battalion CRPF and district police based on intelligence input, he added.