An elderly Maoist couple was arrested by a special police team of the Ramagundam Police Commissionerate from Indaram village in Jaipur mandal of Mancherial district on Saturday.
Police identified the couple as Donga Gangadhara Rao alias Vengo Dada, 80, a central committee member in the CPI (Maoist) technical department, and his wife Bhavani, 60, divisional committee member of the outfit’s Dandakaranya Special Zonal Committee (DKSZC).
Mr. Rao hails from Narendrapuram in Andhra Pradesh’s B.R. Ambedkar Konaseema district and Bhavani belongs to Indaram village of Mancherial district.