Four suspected Maoist sympathisers, including twowomen were Sunday arrested in the district in connection with thekilling of two TDP leaders, including an MLAlast month, police said. This comes after a woman Maoist, an accused in the shooting incident, was gunned down by security forces in an alleged encounter near Andrapali forest Friday during intense combing operations.

The arrested were identified as Yedala Subba Rao (45), Gemmeli Sobhan (32), Yedela Eswari (34) and Korra Kamala (35),all native of Dumbriguda Mandal. Police claimed that all the accused had worked for the Organisation for the Protection of Girijan Rights (OPGR) in the past and have been providing support to the Maoists.