On the occasion of grand finale of ‘leave guns and Play volleyball’ championship league a wanted maoist worth Rs 2 lakhs surrendered with arms. The Maoist was recognised as Sarvesh Ganhju son of late Choukri Ganjhu. He is the resident of Hara Naukadih post Jogiyara, Pratappur Chatra. He joined CPI (Maoist) orgainsation in 1997 and in 2001 rose to rank of area commander looking the area of Pratappur, Hanterganj, Jori Pande etc. he was also involved with the maoists Anurag, Bikram, Tassu, Bhagu, lakhan, Mannu to exlpde Manatu thana.
In 2008-09 when Ganeshi Ganjhu his uncle was killed in police encounter, he became underground worker and was helping naxals in collecting intelligences and planting bombs. Now he surrendered himself after a long time to get back into main stream and lead a normal life when legal processes would be over.
Notably lohardaga police had set up 72 volleyball teams from rural and remote areas of the district. The league was devoted to martyr SP Ajay Singh who got martyrdom in 2000 in a naxal encounter. So the Ajay Singh memorial volleyball cup proved a milestone to bring back the maoist into mainstream. An audio visual song had also been composed and it was displayed at naxal hit areas.