Three naxals, including a woman, arrested in Telangana

Police today said that three naxals, including a woman, were apprehended from Eurnagaram area of Jayashankar Bhupalapally district in Telangana.

Police said that 29-year-old Madvi Pande alias Susheela alias Laxmi was the "protection platoon commander" of Katakam Sudharshan, a member of the banned Communist Party of India (Maoist).

She was caught while returning from Mulugu village after getting treatment for an injury she sustained recently, police said.

A police release said that she had participated in several offences in Chhattisgarh and Telangana.

Maoist literature and Rs 35,000 in cash was recovered from the rebels, police said.