The killed cadres who are identified as Vargese and Linga, were allegedly involved in the ambush in which BJP MLA Mandavi and his four security personnel were killed on April 9 in Chhattisgarh.

According to a report These two Naxals allegedly involved in the killing of a BJP MLA and four security personnel were gunned down in a fierce encounter with police on Thursday in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district.

The incident took place around 5.30 am in the morning at a forest in Daulikarka village when a team of the District Reserve Guard was out on an anti-Naxal operation, Deputy Inspector General Sundarraj P told PTI.

He quoted saying When the patrolling team was advancing through Daulikarka, located around 450 km from the state capital Raipur, an exchange of fire broke out between the two sides.
After the guns fell silent bodies of two ultras and a 315 bore gun were recovered from the spot.
A militia member of Maoists was also found injured at the spot and was shifted to a local hospital, he said.

The killed cadres, identified as Vargese and Linga, were allegedly involved in the ambush in which Mandavi and his four security personnel were killed on April 9, Superintendent of Police Abhishek Pallava said.

The MLA and his team were heading towards Kuwakonda from Bacheli area when the Naxalites blew up their vehicle with an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) and opened fire at the occupants.