Raipur, Jun 27 (PTI)AwomanNaxal, carrying a reward of Rs 1 lakh on her head, was arrested in Chhattisgarh's insurgency-hit Bijapur district today, a police official said.

Sinakka Avlam (26) wasarrested from a forest near Galgam Nadpalli village, a local police official told PTI.

A joint team of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and local police had launched a search operation in the area, which is around 450 km from here, on a tip-off about Naxal cadres' presence.

Avlam, a member of the Local Organisation Squad of Maoists, was held near Gaglam Nadpalli, he said.

She was allegedly involved in Naxal-related incidents of loot and attempt to murder and carrying a reward of Rs 1 lakh on her head, the police official said.

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