The ASP said, the arrested were all active as members of DandakaranyaAdivasiKisaanMazdoorSangthan (DAKMS), a frontal wing of the Maoists.
In a separate action, 10 janmilitia members of the Maoists were arrested from Kukanar police station area by a composite squad of the CRPF, the District Reserve Guard (DRG) and the district force yesterday. 
The ASP said, they were allegedly involved in torching two trucks and opening fire at a police patrolling party in Kukanar area between Jagdalapur and Sukma on National Highway 30 on February 26. All the nineteen ultras were produced before a court in Dantewada district which sent them in judicial remand.