A hardcore Naxal carrying a cash reward of Rs 8 lakh on his head gave up arms in the Maoist violence-hit Bijapur district, police said here on Monday.
“Sonu alias Samu alias Somu alias Dr Prashant Modiyam (25) resident of Banjaripara Bijapur was unsatisfied with Naxal ideology and hardships of the jungle,” a police press release stated.
He used to carry AK-47 rifle and was a member of Naxal supply team. He was a Maoist commander and carried a cash reward of Rs 8 lakh on his head, police said.
Somu had joined Naxal cadre while he was in class three and had later received medical training. In 2011 he was shifted to Odisha where he instructed other Maoists on providing medical aid, police said while adding in 2013 he was appointed as DVMS doctor in Naxal organization.
In 2007 he was part of Naxal team that had ambushed a CRPF party at Palawaya village wherein five district police jawans were killed. In 2009 he along with other Naxals had executed attack on CRPF camp in Bhejji, Sukma wherein three jawans were killed, police informed.