Two Naxalites, one of them involved in the 2012 abduction of an IAS officer from Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district, were arrested in separate operations in Sukma and Dantewada in Bastar division, police said on Saturday.
A joint team of the District Reserve Guard (DRG) and local police on Thursday apprehended Rava Ganga in Sukma while Sukhram Kawasi (35) was arrested from a forest in neighbouring Dantewada.
Ganga, who had joined the outlawed Maoist outfit in 2011, was allegedly part of a squad that abducted then Sukma Collector Alex Paul Menon from Manjhipara (Kerlapal) village on April 21, 2012, Sukma Superintendent of Police Sunil Sharma said.
Menon was later released by the Naxalites.
The arrested Naxalite was also involved in triggering an IED explosion targeting security personnel escorting a polling team in 2013.
Ganga, who headed a frontal wing of the Maoists Dandakaranya Adivasi Kisan Majdoor Sangthan (DAKMS), was a local organization squad member and militia deputy commander in the outfit.
Kawasi was also active as the head of DAKMS in his area and was allegedly involved in several incidents of violence, Dantewada Superintendent of Police Abhishek Pallava said.
The arrested Naxalites carried a reward of Rs 1 lakh each on their heads.