New Delhi, March 5 -- The Crime Branch of the Delhi Police has arrested a 23-year-old woman Naxalite operative who had been living in Pitampura under a false identity and working as a house cleaner, officials said on Wednesday.

The accused, identified as "R" (changed name), is a resident of Kudaburu village in Jharkhand's West Singhbhum district. She was wanted in a case registered by the Sonua police.

According to Delhi Crime Branch officials, "R" had undergone rigorous and intense training for five years and was involved in three encounters with the Jharkhand police in 2018, 2019, and 2020. After relocating to Delhi in 2020, she assumed a new identity and started working as a domestic helper in the Pitampura.

The arrest was carried o...