Woman Maoist with ₹17 lakh bounty surrenders in Chhattisgarh

A woman Maoist, carrying a reward of ₹17 lakh, surrendered before the police in Chhattisgarh's Khairagarh-Chhuikhadan-Gandai (KCG) district on Thursday, an official said. Kamla Sodi (30) had been active in Maaad division of Bastar and the Madhya Pradesh-Maharashtra-Chhattisgarh (MMC) zone of the outlawed CPI (Maoist), said KCG Superintendent of Police Lakshya Sharma. She turned herself in after being impressed with the state government's new surrender and rehabilitation policy, he said.

During her 14-year association with the outlawed outfit, Sodi was engaged in organisational work and violent activities, including recruitment, propaganda and planning attacks on security forces, the official said. She was a member of the outfit's military wing and part of a team led by MMC zone commander Ramdar. She was wanted by police in Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra and MP, which had jointly declared a reward of ₹17 lakh on her arrest, he said. Hailing from Aarlampalli village in Sukma district, Sodi was active across the border regions of the three states.

(With Agency Inputs).