As many as two active members including a women cadre of the outlawed Communist Party of India (Maoist) have surrendered before the police in back to back developments that occurred in Maoist infested Sukma district of Chhattisgarh on Monday, February 19, informed police.
According to the details shared by the police, a Maoist cadre identified as Madavi Joga turned himself before the police on Monday and surrendered under the flagship Poona Narkom (New Morning) campaign being run by the police and administration in the district.
The surrender took place before the officials of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and Bastar Fighters (a specialised counter insurgency unit) at the Naxal operation office, Sukma.
The surrendered cadre, Joga was active as a militia commander of the Sakler Revolutionary Peoples Committee (RPC) of the banned CPI Maoist under the Kistaram police station limits of Sukma and was carrying a bounty of Rs1 lakh on his head, informed the district police.
According to the police, Joga was fed up with the exploitation, torture and discrimination against the local cadres in the Maoist outfit, thus opted to surrender before the police.
Women Maoist surrender in Sukma
In another similar development reported from Sukma itself, a female Maoist cadre also carrying a reward of Rs1 lakh has surrendered before the police on February 19. The surrendered cadre has been identified as Ravva Aayate who has been active in the Pamed region of the neighbouring Bijapur district.
According to the information received, the surrendered female cadre was also the head of the Kisan Adivasi Mazdoor Sangh (KAMS) under the Erranpalli RPC of the banned Maoist group who chose to part ways the Maoist group after getting impressed by the surrender and rehabilitation policy of the State government. The surrender Maoist will be provided with all the possible benefits under the State government surrender and rehabilitation police, informed police.
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Forces setup camp in Maoist stronghold
It is worth mentioning that the development occurred days after the security forces established a new security camp (Tactical Headquarters) in the Maoist stronghold of Puverti village of Sukma on Friday, February 16. Surrounded by dense forests and mountains, Puverti is a village associated with many notorious Maoist which witnessed unfurling of the national flag for the first time on February 18.
Situated around 150 km from the district headquarters of Sukma, the village is home to the notorious Maoist commander Madavi Hidma, a former commander of the Peoples Liberation Guerilla Army (PLGA) battalion no 01, the strongest unit of the armed wing of outlawed Communist Party of India (Maoist).
Additionally, the alleged headquarters of the insurgents, Puverti is also home to Deva Barse, the incumbent commnader of PLGA, battalion no 1, along with hundreds of people who are actively working with the proscribed Maoist outfit.
According to the reports, the security personnel upon establishing the camp amidst heavy resistance from the extremist also organised a health camp at the village on Monday and interacted with the villagers subsequently. Earlier the security officials had also met with the family members of the dreaded Maoist leader Hidma.
It is pertinent to mention here that earlier while addressing the party workers at a two-day national convention in New Delhi, Union Home Minister, Amit Shah on Sunday, February 18, has once again asserted that the country will be free from Left Wing Extremism (LWE) in next term of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government.
