A woman Naxal was arrested from a forested patch of Udanpur village under Koyalibeda police station of the insurgency-hit Kanker district, a senior police official informed here on Friday.
According to police lalita (24) resident of Udanpur village and a member of Maoist Military Battalion number 2, active in the region, was arrested during search operation.
Bhanupratappur Sub Divisional Officer of Police (SDOP) Tarkeshwar Patel talking to The Pioneer over phone informed that a joint team of the BSF and the district police had arrested lalita from the jungles of Udanpur about 8 kms from Koyalibeda police station.
The SDOP said, “We got information that the left wing insurgent had reached her parental home in Udanpur. On the information, police force was sent to the spot and she was nabbed. The arrested Naxal operative was member of Maoist Military Battalion and state government had declared cash reward of Rs 1 lakh each on the arrest of each member of Maoist Military Battalion,” the SDOP maintained.
lalita is a prominent member of the military wing of the CPI (Maoist) operating in North Bastar region. She is being interrogated, police said adding that the arrested woman Maoist was involved in several serious criminal incidents happened in the region inducing attack on camp in Udanpur wherein station house officer Todki and a head constable had lost their lives. She was also part of Naxal ambush on police party in Rowghat.