Savitri Vishwakarma alias Reshma (18), who had surrendered before police in 2014, tied knot with a man of her own community, Rajnandgaon Superintendent of Police Prashant Agrawal told PTI.
The marriage was held in a traditional manner inGayatri Mandir of Rajnandgaon townand attended by officials from police, NGO workers and some surrendered Naxals.
Savitri, a native of Tamoda village in Durgkondal tehsil of the neighbouring Kanker district, was forcefully inducted into the outlawed CPI (Maoist) in 2013 when she was 13 years old, Agrawal said.
She was also given an amount of Rs 1.5 lakh as a part of the surrender and rehabilitation policy of the state government, he said.
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Frustrated with her move, ultras had also killed her father, the officer said.
The superintendent of police presented gift to the newly-wed couple and also gave job to her husband at the Rajnandgaon police petrol pump.