A woman Naxalite, carrying a reward of Rs 2 lakh on her head, was on Monday killed in a gun battle with security personnel in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district, police said.
The gunfight took place around 6.30 am near Gumalnar village between Maoists and the District Reserve Guard (DRG), Dantewada Superintendent of Police Abhishek Pallava said.
After a brief exchange of fire, the rebels escaped. The body of the woman Naxalite, Vaiko Pekko (24), was recovered from the spot, the official said. The rebel, from Bhairamgarh in neighbouring Bijapur district, was a member of the People’s Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA) platoon no.16 of Maoists. Two country-made firearms, an Improvised Explosive Device weighing 2 kg, Maoist material, medicines and items of daily use were recovered from the site.