Eight Maoists, including three women surrendered before the Jharkhand police today. All are in the age group of 18 to 22. All eight Naxalites belong to the squad of Naxalite Misir Besra, of the Central Committee of CPI(Maoist) which carries a reward of Rs 1 crore. Jharkhand Police consider the surrender as a big achievement as there relation is being said with Patiram Manjhi alias Anal Da.
Their duration of association with the extremist group ranges from two years to 10 years. None of them carry any reward on them.
I.G (operation) A.V.Homkar announced the surrender, organising a programme in the official premises of South Chotanagpur Range DIG at Doranda. He said all were guerrilla and named in multiple cases of waging war against the state. During the programme all those surrendered were present. All were appearing as teenagers and they did not speak anything during the programme.
Homkar said though by physical appearance they appear to be teenagers but none of them is a teen. “They are well trained and cases registered against them suggest their dreadedness. The locality from where they belong getting built by a person used to be like this,” Homkar said. The surrendered Naxalites are Jairam Bodra alias Juria Bodra (age 21) - resident of Mylpi under Sonuva police station area of Chaibasa district; Sarita alias Mungali Sardar alias Sanita (age 20) – Raijma resident of Kharsawan police station area of Seraikela Kharsawan district; Somwari Kumari Uraf Tony (age 21) - Arahanga resident of Tamar police station area of Ranchi district; Martam Angaria (age 21) - Katamba resident of Goilkera police station area of Chaibasa district; Patar Koda (aged 18) – resident of Rengadhatu under Tonto police station area of Chaibasa district; Tungir Purti (age 18) – resident of Bulani Tola, Badbil police station area, Keonjhar district, Odisha Kusnu Sirka alias Kartik Sirka (age 22) – resident of Badbil, Keonjhar district, Odisha; Sanju Purti alias Roshni Purti (age 19) – Chidiyabeda resident of Muffsil police station area of Chaibasa district.
Maximum cases registered on Jairam Bodra. According to the press release issued by the police, 11 cases have been registered against Jairam Bodra, 6 against Sarita Sardar, 2 against Somwari Kumari, 5 against Martam Angriya, 1 against Tungir Purti, 2 against Patar Koda, while cases are not registered on Kusnu Sirka and Sanju Purti. The police claim that both have been active in the Naxal squad for years.
Apart from IG Campaign AV Homkar, Ranchi IG Pankaj Kamboj and STF DIG Anoop Birthare were also present during the surrender of eight Maoists. In which it was told that all the Naxalites have surrendered after being influenced by the surrender and rehabilitation policy of the Jharkhand government.