A hardcore Maoist surrendered before the Rourkela police and CRPF on Thursday. He is Poga Surin alias Suman, a native of Sonapi under the Chotanagpur police station in Jharkhand.
Surin had joined the Maoist fold in 2013- 14. But later he had deserted the organisation in 2019 and was hiding near his village.
Surin had left Maoist organisatio to take care of his ailing parents during 2015. During that period, he had started working in a private factory at Jamsedpur area till 2018.
He again had joined the banned outfit during March 2018, after being motivated by senior Maoist leader Darshan alias Binja and Rajnath, while they were camping near his village.
“Surin was involved in firing incident at Baunrkela under Lahunipara police station of Sundargarh district on June 20 2018 and remained active in extremist activities at Deogarh and Sundargarh district,” said a release by the Rourkela police.
After his surrender, Rourkela SP K Shiba Subramani and CRPF 19th Battalion Commandant Sanjay Kumar announced the surrender of Surin at a Press meet here.
"We welcome the hardcore Maoist Surin to mainstream as per the surrender policy of the State," said Subramani. "All possible support will be extended to him by us, for his rehabilitation," Subramani added.
