In a major victory for security forces involved in anti-insurgency operations in restive Bastar region, two hardcore insurgents carrying cash reward of Rs1 lakh each on their head surrendered before the police in Narayanpur district on Friday.
The ultras who were involved in serious criminal offences such as murder, abduction, attempt to murder, attack on police party and similar laid their arms before Inspector General of Police (IGP) Bastar, SRP Kalluri, Additional Superintendent of Police Narayanpur OP Sharma informed.
The insurgents Sukhdas Vishnav alias Fajul (40) resident of Bhattipara and Keshu alias Fakir (40) resident of Bazaarpara under the limits of Narayanpur police station have surrendered, the ASP said.Sukhdas had joined the Naxal outfit in 2008 and initially used to collect ration for the insurgents and also gather intelligence at local level for Maoists operating in the area, ASP mentioned.
later on, Sukhdas was made President of Dandakaranya Adivasi Kisan Majdoor Sangathan (DKMSS), one of the offshoots of banned left wing organisation Communist Party of India (Maoist), the ASP informed.It was in 2010, Sukhdas was made President of Jantana Sarkar active in the region. Notably, Jantana Sarkar is the system of governance adopted by Naxals to rule any area. Sukhdas was involved in abduction and murder of a villager and was also part of a Maoist team which torched construction vehicles near Kochwahi Nullah in the district. Cash reward of Rs1 lakh was declared on his arrest, Sharma said. Another insurgent Keshu had also joined Naxal organisation in 2008 and initially worked as Sangham member. In 2010, he was promoted as Militia Commander of Sonpur, he said.
Keshu along with few other Naxals had attacked a police party during general election 2014 in the jungles of Kodekanar. He too carried cash reward of Rs1 lakh on his head, the ASP said.