Two hardcore Naxals including a woman insurgent carrying cash reward of Rs 1 lakh each were arrested from insurgency-hit Kanker and Kondgaon districts, police said on Saturday.
Superintendent of Police, Kondagaon, Abhishek Meena informed that a team of District Force (DF) was conducing search operation in the jungles of Nahkanar, Chhote Usari under Mardapal police station. During the operation, police got inputs about presence of Sondhar alias Janglu in the jungles of Nahkanar and accordingly, a police team reached at the spot and nabbed him, he said.
“We were searching for the Naxal for the past 10 years who was involved in a case of firing on police party. Two permanent warrants for his arrest were issued by a local court,” the SP informed.
The insurgent had murdered a Constable in the weekly market of Mardapal on May 12, 2007, Meena added. In a separate incident, a joint team of 140th battalion of Border Security Force (BSF) and District Force arrested a woman insurgent from the jungles of Sambalpur under Koylibeda police station. “Identified as Sarita Salam (26), she was the member of Naxal Area Committee active in Rowghat Police Station. Five warrants were issued for her arrest,” the Superintendent of Police Kanker RN Dash informed. Sarita was actively involved in spreading Naxal ideology among locals and was also part of the team that had a gun battle with police in 2011, the SP said, adding, a cash reward of Rs 1 lakh was declared on her arrest.