Raipur

Two Maoists surrender in separate districts

Staff Reporter

Two Maoists carrying cash reward surrendered before the police in insurgency-hit Rajnandgaon and Dantewada districts of Chhattisgarh police said on Friday.

The member of Platoon number-23, Rattu alias Amrut Dugga turned himself in before the police in Rajnandgaon district of Chhattisgarh, police said, adding that the Dugga was carrying cash reward of `2 lakh on his head.

Dugga, who was active in Rajnandgaon-Kanker border division committee, was associated with the banned organisation from the past couple of years, police said.

In his statement to the police, the surrendered Maoist said that he was disappointed by the high-handedness and exploitation by senior Maoist cadres from Andhra Pradesh.

In another case, 23-year-old member of Malangiri local Operation Squad (lOS) Palo alias Sanju Kunjam surrendered before the police in Dantewada district, said Dantewada Superintendent of Police Kamlochan Kashyap, adding that Kunjam was carrying cash reward of `1 lakh on his head.