Police arrested two Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres who participated in a rally against the mining project in EtapalliTaluka (administrative division) in Gadchiroli District of Maharashtra on October 28, reports The Times of India. Villagers had organised a rally to protest against the Surjagarh mining project in Etapalli on Tuesday, a release stated, adding, Gadchiroli Police had received a tip-off that some Maoists had joined the rally, following which some plain-clothes personnel of the special operation squad were deployed to arrest the ultras. The Police arrested action team member Muda Masa Zohi (32) and ‘Jan Militia’ member Mainu Dorpeti during the rally. According to the Police, Zohi is a resident of Gorgutta village, which is located in limits of the highly sensitive armed outpost (AOP) Gatta Jambia, and was allegedly involved in three encounters over the last two years, and was recruited in Gatta Local Organization Squad (LOS) of CPI-Maoist as a party member. Dorpeti, a resident of Bodmeta in Etapalli, had allegedly killed a man on September 18 and was also involved in an attack at AOP Gatta Jambia in May 11, the release added, stating that the arrested cadres had a reward of INR 200,000 each on their heads.