Two Maoists carrying rewards of Rs 2 lakh and Rs 1 lakh on their heads were nabbed following an encounter between security forces and the ultras in the insurgency hit-Dantewada district, police said here on Friday.
The duo were identified as Baman and Lakshman Vetti and were arrested from the forest near Mangnar village in Barsoor police station limits located around 450 km south of state capital Raipur, a local police official said.
Baman, a member of Maoist military platoon no. 16, had a reward of Rs 2 lakh on his head while Vetti, the head of Janatana Sarkar squad, was carrying a reward of Rs 1 lakh on his head, the official said. According to police a patrolling team of the District Reserve Guard (DRG) and Special Task Force (STF) was out on a search operation in the interiors of Barsoor. Near Mangnar, the police party came under Naxal fire prompting the security forces to retaliate, he said.
When the ultras started to flee from the encounter in the face of heavy firing from the police team, the two were nabbed, he said.
Notably, on Thursday security forces had gunned down a Maoist commander Madvi Muiya in Kirndul area of Dantewada.