Three left wing insurgents including two female cadre rested their arms before Superintendent of Police (SP) Kanker, Rajendra Das. Two of them were members of Maoist local Area Squad (lOS) while one of them was part of the cultural troop of the red rebels, the SP said on Thursday.
The SP told mediapersons that deeply dissatisfied with the Naxals’ double standard and after facing hard realities on the ground they decided to join the mainstream of development.
According to the police, the Naxals who surrendered have been identified as Ganbatti Nureti alias Kavita, wife of Somnath Komra, resident of Malmeta Police Station area in Kanker district, Dharam Singh, son of Naval Singh, resident of Amabeda, Kanker, and Soma alias Jyoti, daughter of Maniram Hurra, hailing from Edenar village of Kanker.
Detailing about the history of the ultras, the police said Kavita had joined Maoist cadre in 1998 as a member of Keshkal Dalam and was given a 12-bore rifle. Since then she worked in Durgakondal, Koylibeda, Amabeda, Antagarh, Rowghat, Narayanpur and Keshkal areas. During this period she was involved in serious criminal offences like murder, attempt to murder, arson.
Before leaving the path of violence she was working with Kiskoda dalam. About 27 cases in Rowghat, 24 cases in Koylibeda and eight cases in Amabeda were registered against Kavita.
Dharam Singh, police said, had joined the Communist Party of India (Maoist) in 2005 as member of Badgaon Chetna Natya Manch (CMS), a banned outfit of the Maoists. He used to propagate Naxal ideology through cultural programs and was wanted in 5 criminal offences.
Police told reporters that Soma had joined the Naxal groups in 2009 and was member of lOS operating in Kanker, Amabeda, Koylibeda, Badagaon, Kondagaon, Keshkal, Rajnandgaon. In all 4 warrants were issued on her.