A top woman Maoist cadre, Sandhya alias Shivabati Madkami (20), surrendered to the police in the district headquarter town of Nabarangpur, police said on Friday.
Sandhya, who was carrying a reward of Rs100,000 on her head, came to the district police headquarters and laid down arms in her possession before district Superintendent of Police Brijesh Ray and South Western Range IG Yashwant Jethwa in the morning.The police seized a 12-bore SBMl rifle, a pistol and 17 rounds of live cartridges from her.According to Jethwa, Sandhya of Bhutenga village of Gariabandh district in Chhattisgarh had joined the outlawed Communist Party of India-Maoist in 2010. later, she worked as an active member of the Gobara Dalam under Mainpur Division.
During the interrogation, Sandhya reportedly said she had been left alone by fellow cadres during an encounter with the BSF and DVF personnel in the forest in Raighar along the Odisha-Chhattisgarh border on March 14 this year.