A Maoist couple surrendered before the police here in the continuing wave of insurgents resting arms in Chhattisgarh during the past fortnight.
The couple identified as Ista Gopi alias Bilas and Korram Sundari alias lalita were members of the Dandakaranya Special Zonal Committee at Abujhmad and were very active in ‘Battalion-2’ of the Maoist outfit in North Bastar, police said. The insurgents fed up with the Maoist act and ideology finally surrendered before Superintendent of Police, Dantewada, Kamlochan Kashyap.
Ista Gopi (27) resided at Pidiyakot in limits of Bangapal police station, Bijapur district was an associate of the ‘Press Unit Commander’ Sukku untill 2012. Since November 2012, Gopi had been working as an active member in Section ‘C’ in Platoon number two of Company number one of the Maoist outfit, according to the SP.
Gopi also underwent one month military training imparted by one Arjun of Andhra Pradesh at Metawada jungles near Kutul, Abuhmad, he stated. Sundari was trained by Maoists to sing and dance and also how to use 303 rifle and 12-bore gun besides providing medical attention, Kashyap informed.