Four persons in which three Maoist, were arrested on Thursday late night from Tankalguda & Billiguda in Orissa’s Malkangiri district. The three ultras arrested, were identified as Madhi Desa alias Rama alias Damodar, Madhi Lachha alias Nagraj & Madhi Dula alias Durga. The fourth person was identified as Madhi Kanta alias Kosa.

An official of Police said that the Madhi Desa was involved in the killing of former Motu police station in-charge, D Mishra & Kondapalli & Tankelaguda encounter. Madhi Kanta is not a Maoist cadre but a member of its frontal organisation Sangam Party, he added. The official said that the Madhi Dasa & Madhi Lachha had completed training in various places on Maoist activities.