Seven Maoists, including three women, were today arrested from separate places in Chhattisgarh's Bastar division, police said.
While three cadres, including a woman, were apprehended from Bijapur district, two rebels were held in Dantewada and Sukma districts, a senior police official told PTI.
A joint squad of Special Task Force (STF) and district force was carrying out a search operation to the interior forests of Awapalli police station area of Bijapur, located around 450 kms away from here, he said.
On reaching near Bogla village, they spotted three suspects who were trying to escape into deep jungle following which security forces nabbed them after a short a chase, he said.
Those arrested were identified as Podiyam Bheema (32), Satyam Sodhi (20) and the woman Podiyami Lakhmi (22), the official said adding that they admitted to their involvement in several Maoist-related incidents, including attempt to murder, dacoity, blocking roads and others, in the region.
In another incident, two women rebels, one of them carrying a reward of Rs 1 lakh on her head, were arrested from Gadiras police station area of Sukma.
The rebels identified as Beko Nande (27) and Beko Mase (25) were rounded up from their native place Kondre village by a composite squad of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and district force, he said.
Of them, Beko was carrying a reward of Rs 1 lakh on her head, he added.
Besides, two Jan militia members identified as Manglu Kowasi (35) and Santu Kashyap (24) who were active in the Katekalyan area committee of Maoist were arrested from Dantewada, the official said.
The duo has admitted to their involvement in the killing of a son of Toynar village Sarpanch last year, attacks on police party and others, he added.
