Resenting the “excess pressure” to carry out orders of their leaders, four Maoists quit their camp and surrendered to the police in Malkangiri district on Tuesday.
The four ultras trekked at least 60 km in the forest terrain up to the Chitrakonda reservoir and from there they crossed the huge water body with the help of a country boat, Malkangiri Superintendent of Police Akhileswar Singh said.
They were being utilised for collecting ransom, making arrangement for hosting Maoist leaders including Madhav, who was killed in police encounter recently, at different places, arranging grocery and other materials and passing on messages from place to place with various methods, the SP said.
“We were waiting for an opportunity to join the mainstream,” one of the Maoists, Muli Golori, said. Besides Golori, the others who surrendered are Tilsu Khilo, Kamlu Gadnayak and Damburu Khilo, all belonging to Gajalmamori village under the Chitrakonda police station. Earlier this month, nine Maoists had surrendered under similar circumstances. The SP said all the surrendered Maoists would be suitably rehabilitated as per the Government package.