In separate actions, police arrested two hardcore Naxals including a wman insurgent in Maoist stronghold Kondagaon district of Bastar. Cash reward of Rs 2,000 was declared on the arrest of the female Naxal cadre, Superintendent of Police, Kondagaon, Abhishek Meena said on Monday.
The SP informed that the arrested Naxal was identified as Rajkumari alias Bulki Netam (26) resident of Mardapal. Sub Divisional Officer of Police (SDOP) Kondagaon Ashok Joshi had received intelligence inputs that a member of Chema Jantana Sarkar, one of the offshoots of banned organisation Communist Party of India (Maoist), reached a house belong to one of her relative at Totar village, the SP informed.
Based on the input, a police team was immediately sent and the militant was arrested, Meena said. Rajkumari Netam had joined Naxal cadre in 2007. She was involved in several Naxal incidents such as firing on polling party in 2008 near village Rengagondi, killing a villager in 2009 near lakhapuri village and attacking polling parties during 2009 by-elections, he said.
In different cases, the District Court in Kondagaon had issued eight warrants against her. A warrant was also issued against Rajkumari Netam by Jagdalpur district court, the SP maintained. The police officer further informed that another arrested hardcore Naxal was identified as Raju alias Surendra (30), a resident of Savlawahi village under the limits of Iragaon.
Raju was arrested by security forces during area domination exercise on Bahigaon-Kheltpal road based on suspicion. He was member of Barda Jantana Sarkar. Police were in looking for him in connection with murder of Assistant Constable lavkesh Vaidya (32) of Iragaon. The policeman was murdered in June last year. He was also involved in a firing incident at Borgaon colony, Kondagaon wherein Constable Sanjay Madavi (26) was killed.