Maoists arrested in Odisha

Two hardcore Maoists, including a woman, who were allegedly involved in the abduction of IAS officer R Vineel Krishna in 2011, have been arrested in Odisha’s Malkangiri district, police said on Friday.

The two ultras were nabbed during a combing operation by personnel of the elite special operation group and district voluntary force in a forest of Chitrakonda last evening, Superintendent of Police Akhileswar Singh said.

‘One of rebels is a woman Maoist from Andhra-Odisha Border Area Committee. She was identified as Bhagya alias Satyabati (40) and had been working under Korkunda Maoist dal for the last about 12 yrs’, he said. The other was identified as Undaliam Bangaraya (50), a hardcore Maoist working under Korkunda Maoist Dal in the region.