A hardcore female Naxal carrying a cash reward of Rs 8 lakh on her head was arrested during an anti-Naxal operation carried out by security forces in Pakhnar police station limits of insurgency-hit Dantewada district, police said here on Tuesday.
“Kovasi Mangali (27) who was deputy commander of Maoist platoon number 26 active in Katekalyan region was arrested from Mendoli village under Pakhnar police station,” a local police officers said.
She was nabbed on specific intelligence input from one of her relative’s home where she was visiting, police said.
The ultra was nabbed by a team of security personnel consisting of Danteshwari Fighters (women commando), DRG team and 195 battalion of the CRPF.
According to police, she had joined Katekalyan area committee in 2013. Initially she carried a single shot gun but two years later she was provided with INSAS rifle.
She was involved in various encounters between Naxals and security personnel in Bastar region.