 "Andhra cops arrest woman Naxal involved in May 25 Chhattisgarh massacre")
Andhra Pradesh Police has arrested a suspected Naxal leader identified as Savita alias Madhvi in Khammam district of the state.
According to a CNN-IBN television channel report, police suspect that Savita was involved in the May 25 attack on a Congress convoy at Darbha Ghati in Chhattisgarh.
They says she was injured during the cross firing.
The channel said that Andhra Police picked up Savita from a car during a routine check.
Savita is allegedly a member of CPI-Maoist Bastar Regional Committee and wife of Central Committee member Chandranana.
Security agencies had declared a reward of Rs 5 lakh for her capture.
Police have also apprehended a Telangana Vidyarthi Vedika member identified as Prithviraj.
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The organisation is suspected to be CPI-Maoist's a frontal organisation.
The May 25 Naxal attack resulted in the death of a majority of the Chhattisgarh Congress leadership.