The police on Thursday arrested Maoist Vimla, wife of Maoist Sriramulu Srinivas who had been held a few days ago. Vimala, wanted in several cases, was nabbed at a railway station in Khammam district of Andhra Pradesh. A key leader of the Andhra-Odisha Border Special Zonal Committee of CPI(Maoists), Vimala was secretary of the Malkangiri-Kalimela Area Committee Division and involved in many violent activities, the police said.
On March 24, she had managed to escape when the police arrested her husband. Srinivas was released when demanded by abductors of then Malkangiri Collector Vineel Krishna in February 2011.