Hardcore Maoist Sunya Negi (32), a resident of Tampersingha village under the Jujomura police station, surrendered before the Sambalpur police on Thursday.
Being instigated by Dam Deo of Jharkhand, Sunya had joined the Maoist cadre in the year 2003, informed DIG of Sambalpur Sanjay Kumar at a media conference here, where SP of Sambalpur Pratik Kumar Mohanty and other senior police officers were present.
Since he actively participated in different incidents in the district from 2003 to 2007, he got promoted to the post of second-in-charge of the Maoist organisation. He had taken weaponry trainings and is a landmine expert.
Sunya was involved in 30 sensitive cases including murders in Sambalpur and Deogarh districts and was in the list of ‘most wanted’, Kumar informed further.
Sunya was also one of the 10 persons involved in the sensational broad daylight murder case of Kadar Singh on January 23, 2003, the first-ever criminal incident by the Maoists in the district, said SP Mohanty.Earlier, he had escaped in four encounters. But a close watch on him ultimately forced him to surrender, he said.