A Maoist leader, who was carrying a reward of Rs 4 lakh on his head, surrendered with his wife before the Malkangiri police, said South-Western Range IG YK Jethwa to the reporters at Koraput on Tuesday.
The Maoist leader identified as Bhima alias Rushi Sodhi of Kurub village under the Kalimela police limits in Malkangiri district and his wife Nangi Kunjami of Silakota village under the Podia police limits in the same district were active members of the Communist Party of India (Maoist).
Jethwa said that Bhima had joined the Maoist organisation in the year 2009 in Kalimela and became active armed cadre later.
Recently he was currently functioning as Area Committee Member (ACM) of Podia lOS under Malkangiri division of the CPI (Maoist). He was involved in different Maoist violence in Podia and Kalimela area since 2009.
Malkangiri SP Akhileswar Singh said Bhima’s wife, who had joined the organisation in the year 2012, was a member of Jana Natya Mandali of Podia Dalam of the CPI(Maoist).