Two Naxals held in C'garh

Two Naxals, one of them carrying a cash reward on his head, were Sunday arrested from Dantewada district in Chhattisgarh, police said. Acting on a tip-off, the cadres, identified as Sannu Ram Netam (45) and Sukhdhar (52), were apprehended near Mangnar village under Barsoor police station area by a joint team of security forces, a senior police official said.

The personnel belonging to the District Reserve Guard (DRG) and district force were involved in this operation, he added. "Four packets of cracker bombs, a Maoist banner, five posters containing a message of 'bandh' call given by the Naxals in the area on May 18, were recovered from the possession of the arrested cadres," he said.

Netam, who was acting as the head of Dandakaranya Adivasi Kisan Mazdoor Sangthan (DAKMS)- a frontal outfit of Maoists, was carrying a reward of Rs 1 lakh on his head, while Sukhdhar was working as of Jan militia member, the official said. They were mainly tasked with arranging a meeting of villagers for Naxals, putting up Maoist posters and banners, he added.