A female ultra who was wanted in connection with the attack on the police party in 2011 at Sulengi village wherein two policemen had martyred in the insurgency-hit Kanker district was arrested, police said on Saturday.
The State Government had declared a cash reward of `8 lakh on her arrest, Sub-Divisional officer of Police (SDOP) Nikolas Khalkho informed.
According to police, the held ultra was identified as Ganita alias Bajay Nureti (30) resident of Koylibeda.
“Gantia was arrested from a weekly market in Koylibeda by a team of district police,” the SDOP said while adding that she was a member of Naxal military number 5.
Four warrants were issued against Ganita which were pending at Durgkondal and Koylibeda police stations, he said.
Ganita, the SDOP said, was part of Naxal team that had attacked a police party in Sulengi village under Koylibeda police station wherein two policemen had martyred Year 2011. likewise, she was also involved in the killing of a man at Kodekursi village after tagging the person as a police informer.
She had also planted IED and damaged school buildings in the region, the SDOP mentioned.