A female insurgent was arrested after a search operation in the bordering area of Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra under Mohla Police Station of the Insurgency-hit Rajnandagon district, police said here on Monday.
The arrested rebel was member of Maoist military platoon and carried cash reward of Rsone lakh on her arrest, Superintendent of Police, Rajnandgaon, Dr Sanjeev Shukla informed.
According to the police, the arrested woman Maoist, a member of banned Communist Party of India (Maoist) was arrested after an encounter with joint police team consisting of district police and Special Task Force (STF) personnel in a hilly terrain near Gadchiroli border within the limits of Mohla police station. A 12-bore gun was also seized from her possession, police said.
The held rebel was identified as Tara alias Bimla, a member of Maoist military platoon. The police had intelligence inputs about movement of Naxals in area bordering Gadhchiroli area of Maharashtra. Accordingly a police party, each of district police, STF and ITBP was mobilised towards the spot. The DF and STF which was in a hilly terrain between Rajadera and Ramgar village under Mohla Police Station had a face-off with the Naxals.
On being confronted, Naxals opened indiscriminate fire on the police force to which security personnel also returned fire. The Naxals could not stand heavy police firing and had to run away. later on, during the searching of area Bimla was arrested, police claimed.
Detailing about the held woman Maoist, the police informed that Bimla is a resident of Sahpal village under the limits of Manpur police station. Coming under the influence of Maoists Commander Kamlakar, she had joined the Naxal cadre in 2009 as ‘CNM member’, while she was just 14 years old.
She actively participated in several Naxal incidents and was elevated as lOS member of Aundhi region. later on, she was made member of Military Platoon-23 active in the region. Bimla also admitted of being involved in various attacks on a police party in 2012-13 in Katuljhora, Bukmarka, Unchapur and other regions, police informed.