Five hard core extremists, including Zonal Commander Amarjeet carrying a prize of Rs 10 lakhs, surrendered before the Jharkhand police. The extremists officially surrendered before IG Operations, AV Homkar, DIG Hazaribagh Narendra Singh, Chatra SP, Rakesh Ranjan and CRPF officials during the program organized at Ranchi IG Zonal Office on Monday.
Out of the five Naxalites who have surrendered, a reward of Rs 10 lakh has been declared on one and Rs 5 lakh on the other. Earlier, on May 4, CPI Maoist Commander, Indal Ganjhu had surrendered a reward of Rs 15 lakhs. All these Naxalites have surrendered with two AK 56, one SLR, one INSAS rifle, four Mark 2 rifles, 1856 live bullets, 41 magazines of different weapons, 16 wireless sets, IED making powder.
The extremists surrendered before police are Zonal Commander, Amarjit Yadav alias Tingu from Barachatti under Gaya district, Bihar, Sub-Zonal Commander, Sahdev Yadav alias Latan from Rajpur of Chatra district, Sub-Zonal Commander Neeru Yadav alias Salim from Barachatti under Gaya district of Bihar, Sub-Zonal Commander, Santosh Bhuiya alias Sukan from Pratappur of Chatra district and Squad Member, Ashok Baiga alias Ashok Parhiya from Kunda of Chatra district.
On April 3, a police team killed five prize-winning Naxalites in the Lavalong police station area of Chatra district. The Naxalites who were killed included two who had awards of Rs 25 lakhs, Gautam Paswan and Charlies Oraon. Both were members of the Special Area Committee (SAC). Apart from these, three Naxalite Nandu, Amar Ganjhu and Sanjit alias Sujit Gudiya were also included in the prize money of Rs 5 lakhs. All these three were Zonal Commanders. After these incidents, all the Naxalites surrendered before the Chatra police after getting disturbed by the police raid.
After the surrender of Naxalites, the Maoists have become weak in the central zone. After the death of Maoist Commander, Gautam Paswan in Lavalong encounter in Chatra district, there was talk of making him the top commander of Maoists' central zone. At the same time, another name of Indal Ganjhu was also coming up to become the head of the central zone. After his surrender, all these five Naxalites surrendered.