A joint team of security personnel arrested a woman Maoist, carrying a reward of Rs1.10 lakh on her head during a search operation in restive Bijapur district of Bastar in Chhattisgarh, police said on Tuesday.
Yalam Sarita alias Rita (27), an active member of Madded local Guerilla Squad (lGS) was arrested from Marimalla forests coming under Madded police station limits on Tuesday evening, a senior police official informed.
A joint team of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Chhattisgarh Armed Force (CAF) and District Force (DF) was on a combing operation in Bangapalli, Muttapur, and Marimalla areas on September 14. While returning to the camp, the team spotted a woman who tired to escape following which she was rounded up, he said.
Sarita was involved in serious offences, including arson, murder, loot, kidnapping and carrying out attacks on police party, he said.
The Office of Bijapur Superintendent of Police had also announced Rs10,000 as reward for her arrest, the official said. The woman insurgent was also working in the medical team of Madded Area Committee of CPI (Maoist), he said.