The Police arrested two cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), identified as Puttam Munna alias Sannal (35), a ‘deputy commander’ of the Kistaram Local Organisation Squad (LOS) Dalam (armed squad), and Jadi Peddabbai, who works as a ‘courier’ for the banned outfit, during a combing operation in the Mulakanapalli Forests in Dummugudem Mandal (administrative sub-division) in Bhadradri Kothagudem District of Telangana on March 27, reports The Times of India. Munna has been working for the Maoist Party since 2004 and served as a Maoist battalion member under the leadership of Madvi Hidma alias Santhosh, from 2011 to 2022. He carried an INR 500,000 reward against him in Chhattisgarh. Peddabbai has been working as a courier for the past three years for the Maoist 1st battalion in Chhattisgarh. The Police recovered explosives, including ten gelatin sticks, two detonators, and Maoist literature and pamphlets, from the arrested duo and sent them to judicial remand.