Five hardcore Naxals surrendered at the headquarters of 188th Battalion CRPF in the Maoist-hit Kondgaon district on Wednesday. The surrendered insurgents were involved in several incidents of crime ranging from bomb blasts, destruction of educational premises and ashrams, torching of vehicles engaged in construction of roads etc, police said.
They were identified as Massu Salam (28) son of Kanha and resident of Bhongapal, Rainu Dugga (35) son of Budhram, Rassu Mandavi (25) son of Saidu and Jagannath Dugga (40) son of Mehar Dugga, all residents of Bade Dongar in Kondagaon district. They all were members of Barda Dalam and Massu carried a reward of Rs 15000 on his head, police said.
The fifth insurgent, Maniram Mandavi (34) son of Sannuram Mandavi is a resident of Bhairamgarh in Bijapur district and was a member of Bhairamgarh Dalam and Kutul Dalam. According to the police, the insurgents said that they were disappointed by the high-handedness of senior Maoist cadres particularly those belonging to Andhra Pradesh.
They alleged that the senior leaders from Andhra Pradesh exploited cadres belonging to Chhattisgarh, exploited tribal women and extorted money from Chhattisgarh to sent it to their families in Andhra Pradesh. They further alleged that the cadres of Chhattisgarh were never given senior positions in the organisation.
The Andhra Pradesh Maoist leaders allegedly ordered to check any development work in Chhattisgarh while restricted cadres from any destruction in their own State. They were frustrated by the high-handedness of senior cadres and wished to come to the mainstream and therefore surrendered, police said.
Inspector General of Police (IG) Bastar range SRP Kalluri, DIG of Bastar KK Sinha, Collector of Kondagaon Dhananjay Devangan, SP Kondagaon Abhishek Meena, Commandant of 188th Battalion CRPF Helal Feroz, Deputy Commandant Amit Kumar Saxena and other officers were present on the occasion.The officers said that the surrendered Naxals will be provided assistance according to State and Central Government rehabilitation policies.