A Maoist couple, carrying cash reward of Rs5 lakh and Rs1 lakh respectively surrendered before the police in insurgency-infested Dantewada district, a senior police informed here on Sunday.
Bhadru alias Shudram Atami Commander of local Guerrilla Squad (lGS) active in Barsoor and his wife Parvati alias Ilmita Kashyap another lGS member surrendered before the police.
The State government had announced reward of Rs5 lakh on Bhadru while Parvati was carrying Rs1 lakh on her head, Superintendent of Police (SP), Dantewada, Kamlochan Kashyap informed. Bhadru, had joined Naxal organisation in 2005, was involved in various incidents, including murder of a SPO in Barsoor region in 2006, he said.
The insurgent had also blown up a vehicle carrying Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) jawans wherein four jawans were killed in Jagdalpur in 2011. In 2012 he was also part of a Naxal ambush attack on a patrolling team of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) in which a jawan was killed. He along with other Naxals had murdered the Sarpanch of Burgum village under Kodenar police station in 2013.
Parvati, according to the SP, was involved in targeting a police team escorting polling party during 2013 Assembly election. She was associated with Naxals since 2010, SP Kashyap said. In their statement, the surrendered rebels cited disappointment with exploitation of lower rank cadres by senior Maoists leaders, Kashyap said.
Meanwhile, in another incident, a joint squad of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and District Force (DF) apprehended a 40-year-old Janmilitia Commander identified as Madkam lacha from Chhote Bedma falling in limits of Kuwakonda police station limits in the district, Kashyap said, adding, the arrested ultra was carrying cash reward worth Rs10,000 on his head.