A Maoist Deputy Commander of local Organising Squad (lOS) surrendered before the police after running away from Maoists who had known about his surrender plans and reportedly roughed him up, police said on Wednesday.Four other guerrillas have also laid down the arms. The Maoist Deputy Commander carried reward of Rs 3 lakh on his head and surrendered in the insurgency hit Dantewada district. “The surrendered ultra was identified as Hurra alias Bheema alias Mahesh Tati hailing from Kirandul, Dantewada. The insurgent was Deputy Commander of lOS active in Malangir Area Committee of Darbha region and also Deputy Commander Instructor Team,” Superintendent of Police (SP), Dantewada, Kamlochan Kashyap informed.
Hurra after surrender told police that he was brutally beaten up at a Maoist camp in the jungles of village Burgum under south Bastar region, the SP said.Four members of banned Naxal organization Communist Party of India (Maoist) including Hurra were held by Naxals who tortured them for several days in a camp, Kashyap said.Hurra, few days back finding an opportunity on a rainy night slipped away from camp. Running thought jungles and taking shelter at a house of some of his friends, he somehow reached Dantewada and came under police protection, he said.
The insurgent had joined Naxal organization in 2010 and was made member of Malangir lOS. last year, he was promoted as Deputy Commander Instructor Team and carried a .303 rifle, Kashyap said. According to the police, he was involved in bomb blast occurring in 2011 at Kirandul which had claimed lives of four persons including the Station House Officer (SHO) Kirandul, DN Nagvanshi.Apart from Hurra, Karam Bheem alias Raju of Sukma, Kunjam Sukka of Sukma, Dashru alias Andu alias Chaitu Betti of Dantewada and Hidma alias Pandu of Bhejji also surrendered before the police.Dashru was Platoon Commander of Maoist Company number 3 active in North Bastar region while Hidma alias Pandu was Section member in Company 1 of Maoists. The remaining two were lower cadre members, the SP said.