A female insurgent carrying reward of Rs3 lakh on her head was nabbed from a forested patch under Sitagaon police station of the insurgency infested Rajnandgaon district, police said on Friday. The ultra was Joint Deputy Commander of local Organising Squad (lOS) active in Madanvada-Kodekhures region, Inspector General of Police (IGP) (Durg) Pradeep Gupta told reporters.
Police had received specific intelligence input that the Joint Deputy Commander of Maoist lOS, Shanti Kovachi was hiding in the jungles of Amakodo-Peetemedha. Accordingly a joint team of Special Task Force (STF), 18th battalion ITBP and district police swung into action reached the spot. They nabbed Shanti Kovachi who was trying to run away taking advantage of the dense forest, the IGP said.
“Shanti Kovachi alias Ghisnin Kovachi resident of Petemeta village of Rajnandgaon district had joined Naxal organisation in 2007 and was made Deputy Commander in 2011,” Gupta said, adding, she was provided with an INSAS rifle and Shanti used to perform recce for Naxals. She was involved in burning of various vehicles involved in construction work and triggering blast during recently concluded Panchayat elections, police informed.