Raipur

Three female ultras surrender

Staff Reporter

Three female Maoists have surrendered before police in the insurgency riddled Bijapur district. One of the surrendered ultra carried cash reward of `1 lakh, said Kl Dhruv, Superintendent of Police, Bijapur, here on Wednesday. They were identified as Maini Majji alias Kavita resident of Majji Mednri village, Seema Modiyam alias Rajlu of Nelasnar and Sunita Telam hailing from Bhansi village of the district.

Kativa had long association with Naxals and she has joined Naxal cadre in 2004.  After completing training, she was taken into Naxal platoon number 13, active in Bhairamgarh region of Bastar and was later appointed as Section Commander of platoon number 12. It was in 2013, she was elevated as president of Krantikari Adivasi Mahila Sanghatan (KAMS) one of the affiliate of banned organisation Communist Party of India (Maoists), the SP said.

“Kavita, while living in the jungle suffered from Malaria several times and and reached her home to get the treatment. After reaching home there she decided to surrender,” Kashyap said, adding, cash reward of `1 lakh was declared on her arrest.

Another surrendered ultra Seema had joined Naxal cadre during Salwajudum movement in 2005. In 2006, she was included in local Operating Squad (lOS) working in Keshkal region. Seema in the name of meeting her family members had reached Bodli. She later on surrendered, the SP said.

likewise Sunita was inducted in Naxal cadre as member of Chetna Natya Mandali (CNM), one of the frontal organisations of CPI(M) engaged in propagating Naxal ideology through cultural programmes.

She was part of Naxal team that had attacked police party in Potenar region this year, Kashyap said. They were immediately handed over encouragement amount and will be extended benefits of different welfare scheme run by Chhattisgarh Government, the SP said.