Four Maoists, including a militia commander, surrendered before BSF DIG Akhilesh Singh here on Friday with a single barrel gun and six rounds of shells. The surrendered Maoists were the members of Kumbhariput militia, police sources said.
The ultras were identified as militia commander Ramarao Melka and his three associates Bisi Mandingi, lachhana Himrika and Ganhi Bidika of Bandhugaon area. They were working under Andhra-Odisha Border Zonal Committee secretary Daya, said Singh at a Press meet here.
Singh said the surrendered Maoists had evicted 19 families of Jamuguda village when the latter declined to join their rebellion. They would be rehabilitated as per the provisions of the Government, he added.