Three Naxals surrender at Dantewada in Chhattisgarh

Three Naxals, one in every of them allegedly concerned in lethal assaults on safety forces and carrying reward of ₹3 lakh on his head, have surrendered in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district, an official mentioned on February 28.

The cadres, together with a girl, turned themselves in earlier than police and CRPF officers on Saturday night, Dantewada Superintendent of Police Abhishek Pallava mentioned.

The official mentioned the rebels had been impressed by the police’s rehabilitation drive ‘Lon Varratu’, and disillusioned with the “hollow” Maoist ideology.

Of them, Suresh Kadti (35), who was lively as part commander in platoon quantity 11 of Maoists, was allegedly concerned a number of Naxal incidents.

He was needed for the 2007 Ranibodli police outpost assault in Bijapur whereby 55 safety personnel had been killed, assault on the Chhattisgarh Armed Force camp in Murkinar in 2006 in which seven CAF jawans had been killed, and the 2008 Modakpal ambush in which six safety personnel misplaced their lives, he mentioned.

Kadti was carrying a reward of ₹3 lakh on his head, Mr. Pallava mentioned.

Another surrendered naxal, Sonu Madkam (25), was lively as a janmilitia member and was concerned in incidents of damaging roads, torching automobiles engaged in highway development works and placing up Maoist posters and banners, he mentioned.

The girl cadre, Jogi Markam (27) was a member of the Chetna Natya Mandli- a cultural wing of Maoists, he mentioned.

With this, 319 Naxals have to date surrendered in the district beneath the ‘Lon Varratu’ (return to your own home/village) marketing campaign, launched in June final 12 months, the official mentioned.

Under the ‘Lon Varratu’ (time period coined in native Gondi dialect) initiative, the Dantewada police have put posters and banners in native villages of at least 1,600 Naxals, largely carrying money rewards on their heads, and appealed them to return to the mainstream.

The cadres who’ve laid down their arms are additionally being supplied ability growth coaching in completely different disciplines for his or her rehabilitation, the official mentioned.