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Female constables in the Chhattisgarh police force share how they joined the Maoist rank and file at an early age, recount experiences as cadres in jungles and how their livestook a turn for the better, writes Deepanwita Gita Niyogi
Rita Punem(name changed) belongs to the Gond tribe. Today, the 40-year-old mother of three children is a constable in the Chhattisgarh police force.But her life wasn't always this way. Once an active Maoist cadre, she surrendered along with her husband in 2014. Soon after, she secured her current job.
During a heartfelt conversation about her earlier life as an insurgent, Rita opened up. "I thought about the future of my children and dec...