A 27-year-old woman Maoist, carrying a reward of Rs1 lakh on her head, was arrested by a joint team of security forces in Chhattisgarh's insurgency-infested Kanker district, police said on Tuesday.
Acting on a specific input, Fuleshwari Pudo alias Mayawati, Member of Pallemari local Operation Squad (lOS) was arrested on Monday evening from Iragaon village coming under Bhanupratappur region, a senior police official informed.
Security forces were rushed to Iragaon after receiving inputs about the presence of the woman insurgent in the region. The forces encircled the region and arrested her, the official said.
The insurgent was active in the border of Rajnandgaon-Kanker districts and was involved in several Naxal incidents, including murder, attacks on police party, torching vehicles and loot, he said, adding Mayawati was being interrogated.
According to police, the held ultra was involved in attacking a police party in Navagaon on April 15, 2010. She was part of the Naxal team that had murdered three persons in lohattar and Gudfel villages. The insurgent had joined the outlawed Communist Party of India (Maoist) in 2008 as lOS member, the official stated.