In a joint operation, personnel of the Assam Rifles, Special Investigation Team (SIT) and local police arrested the three from Kaupatani village under Mahadevpur police station yesterday evening.
Extortion notes, three mobile phone sets and seven sim cards were seized from their possession of the three -- Nipenjyoti Chetia, Totong Neog, and Jintu Chetai, the sources said.
This is the second arrest of Maoists cadres from Mahadevpur after that of four others on August 17 last year.
An insurgent of United Democratic Front of Bodoland (UDFB), Bitu Chakma, was also arrested from Namsai area of the district yesterday and operation against the underground elements were on, the sources said.
Four Maoists were killed in an encounter with a joint team of security personnel in Borgoria area of Assam