A Maoist rebel carrying a reward of Rs 2 lakh on her head surrendered today to the police in Odisha's Kalahandi district.
She deposited one Insas rifle and 24 rounds of ammunition, Kalahandi Superintendent of police Brijesh Rai and Deputy commandant of CRPF, 64th battalion, Syryamani Behera told in a press conference.
Rai said the woman Maoist has been identified as Laxmi alias Ratna (20) and hailed from Palgurha village in Sukma district of Chattisgarh.
She had joined the banned CPI(Maoist) in 2013 and was working as an armed cadre in the protection team of Modem Balkrishna alias Manoj of the outfit's Odisha state committee. She was recently operating at Gundi, Kiding and Belghar reserve Forest areas under Kalahandi and Kandhmal districts, the Kalahandi SP said.
The Maoist told media persons that she along with other women Maoists were not allowed to visit their families and were subjected to physical exploitation by the senior cadres of CPI(Maoist).
Behera said three CRPF units have been deployed in Kalahandi now but their strength would be increased soon.
