A female member of the Naxal urban network who carried a cash reward of Rs 5 lakh on her head surrendered before police here on Saturday.
In a separate action, security forces unearthed Naxal dumps in a forested patch of Gatapar police station limits on the basis of information provided by two surrendered Naxals.
“The Naxal identified as Sarita alias Sushila alias Rekha Mandavi was wanted in connection with eight Naxals incidents,” Superintendent of Police (SP) Rajnandgaon Kamlochan Kashyap said.
According to police, Sarita had joined Naxal outfit in 2011 as a member of Korche area committee. In 2012 she was shifted to Darrekasa area committee and in 2012 she was appointed as a guard of the outfit’s central committee member (CCM) Deepak Teltumde, where she worked till 2018.
In 2018 she was made a member of the CCM and she was active as a member of Naxal urban network, police informed.
She was also part of Naxal team that had carried out a deadly ambush on police party in the jungles of Gatapar in Rajnandgaon district in October 2017, wherein two police personnel had lost their lives.
Inspector General of Police (IGP) Durg Himanshu Gupta handed over immediate financial relief of Rs 10,000 after she surrendered. She will be rehabilitated as per the policies of the Chhattisgarh government, police said.
In a sperate action, a joint team of DRG, district police, Chhattisgarh Armed Forces, ITBP and Hawk Force from Balaghat (Madhya Pradesh) unearthed the four Naxal dumps.
Dumps were uncovered on the basis of information provided by surrendered Naxal Kumar Sai alias Pahad and Banti alias Vivek alias Aryan, police said. “Pressure cookers, steel jars, walkie-talkie, radio, battery, items used to create remote bombs and other commodities of daily use that were buried inside four 500 litres plastic tanks were recovered,” the SP said.