Eight Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres, five of them collectively carrying a cash reward of INR 1.6 million on their heads, surrendered in two separate incidents in Chhattisgarh on August 15, reports Outlook. In one incident, five Maoists, including a woman, surrendered before Security Forces (SFs) in Sukma District. The Superintendent of Police (SP) Shalabh Sinha said, one of the surrendered Maoists, identified as Boddu Vyanktesh alias Rajiv, a native of Errabor in the District, was active as a ‘divisional committee member’ under Nuapada division of Maoists in Odisha. Boddu was allegedly involved in several attacks, including the Tadmetla (then in Dantewada District) massacre in 2010, in which 76 troopers died and Asirguda IED (Improvised Explosive Device) blast in Errabor in 2006, where 10 Special Police Officers (SPOs) and a civilian driver were killed, the SP said adding that he carried a reward of INR 800,000 on his head.
Two other surrendered cadres - Undaam Sanna, a commander of Jagargunda LGS (Local Guerrilla Squad), and woman rebel Madkam Soni, a member of platoon no. 12, carried rewards of INR 500,000 and INR 100,000 respectively. “Sanna Markam, a member of bureau communication team of Maoists and militia deputy commander Pdoiyam Deva, were other ultras who surrendered in Sukma,” the SP said adding that the duo was allegedly involved in Burkapal ambush, in which 25 CRPF personnel were killed in 2017.
In another incident, three Maoists, identified as Mahadev Poyam (44), Sukhram (55) and a woman cadre Sukki Kohrami (23) surrendered in Dantewada District. All were disappointed with the Maoist ideology, an official said. Poyam and Sukhram were active as heads of Dandakaranya Adivasi Kisaan Majdoor Sangthan in the area and carried rewards of INR 100,000 each on their heads, the official added.