A most-wanted and hardcore woman Maoist — carrying a Rs 11 lakh reward on her head—surrendered before the Maharashtra Police, a top official said here on Saturday. The accused is identified as Rajani alias Kalawati S. Veladi, 28, from Bijapur in Chhattisgarh, said Gadchiroli Superintendent of Police Neelotpal.

Barely aged 14, Rajani joined the Red terror groups in 2009. According to the police, Rajani was involved in a forest encounter with security forces in Gundam (2015), an ambush-cum-encounter near Bejji in which 12 jawans were martyred (2017), two more gun-battles with police in 2018-2019 in Marewada and Boramajji, all in Chhattisgarh. Rajani is also charged with burning a government bus (2018), and a murder (2020), arson and other crimes, police sources said on Saturday.