Two Naxalites, one of them carrying a bounty of Rs 1 lakh, were arrested on Thursday in Dantewada district in Chhattisgarh.
Dantewada Superintendent of Police Siddharth Tiwari said Dula Sodhi (29) and Deve Kowasi (32) were caught by the District Reserve Guard and the 15th Battalion of the Chhattisgarh Armed Force from the jungles of Gonderas village.
Sodhi was a Chaitanya Natya Mandali (CNM) President while Kowasi was a militia section commander of Gonderas Panchayat of the outlawed Maoist outfit, he said.
Sodhi, who carried a reward of Rs 1 lakh on his head, was involved in several Maoist incidents including a murder between 2020 and 2021, the officer said.
Kowasi was also involved in several Naxalite incidents in 2021.