Four Maoist cadres of the CPI (Maoist) surrendered before the police in the Rourkela Police Headquarters here on Thursday. The Maoists were wanted in an encounter case under the K Bolang police limits in Sundargarh district.
Rourkela Additional SP Santosh Mohanty informed this at a Press conference held here. The surrendered Maoists have been identified as Samir Munda alias Jarka (20), Salmon Tapno alias Jedgo Munda (25), Namjan Munda (20) and Munika Surin alias Munda (18). These Maoists were operating mainly in the Saranda forest area of Odisha-Jharkhand border, sources said.
“Samir Munda and Salmon Tapno had joined Maoist organisation in 2010 where as Namjan and Munika had joined in January 2012,” Mohany said, adding, “These four Maoists were displeased with the approach of the senior Maoist cadres and, therefore, surrendered in front of Rourkela SP Anirudha Singh,” Mohanty said.
He further informed that during interrogation the Maoists have confessed to their involvement in several Maoist incidents in Odisha –Jharkhand border.
“They also confessed that the organisation under the leadership of Anmol alias Samarji and Ajay alias Kunu Dehuri have been killing innocent people of the locality in the name of police informers,” Mohanty added.
Mohanty said despite their criminal background they would be provided all support to join mainstream of the society as per the State’s rehabilitation policy for the surrendered Maoists.