What could be termed as a major moral booster for police personnel, three Maoists including a couple that was member of Maoist military company, surrendered before the police in the insurgency infested Bijapur district on Monday.
The couple carried cash reward of Rs 1 lakh each on their arrest, Superintendent of Police, Bijapur, Prashant Agrawal informed.According to the police, Shankar Vedja (25), his wife Kopa Vedja (23) both residents of Farsegarh and Modiyami Deva (20) hailing from Bijapur rested their arms before the police. Shankar and Kopoa both were members of Maoist military company number-2.
The State Government had declared cash reward of Rs 1 lakh each on the arrest of Maoist military company members, the SP informed. Deeply disturbed from the dual standard adopted by Naxals , the trio surrendered before the police, Agrawal claimed.
Informing about surrendered Maoists, police said that Shankar had joined the Naxal cadre in 2005 under pressure from Maoist lead Madhvi. After joining the banned outfit as ‘Sangham’ member, Shankar received training to operate different types of firearms and explosives. It was in 2008 he was made member of Military Company number-2.
Kopo Vadeja, police said, was forcefully recruited in Maoist cardre in 2006 and since then, she was active in different insurgency-hit regions of Odisha and Chhattisgarh.
She was also trained to use grenades, SlR, INSAS rifle and other arms-ammunitions. In 2008, she was made member of regional Maoist company number-2 and in 2009 she was transferred to Maoist company number-2.
likewise in 2002, Modiyami had joined the Maoist cadre and received a month-long training in south Bastar region. later, he was elevated and given the task of visiting schools and ashrams operation in the region to disseminate Naxal ideology among children and youths.
Police said that the surrendered rebels were immediately provided Rs 10,000 and their rehabilitation would be carried out according to the policies of the State Government.