A dreaded Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre, who was allegedly involved in the 2020 Minpa attack in which 17 security personnel were killed, surrendered in Sukma District of Chhattisgarh on September 12, reports The Print. Allegedly, Dudhi Bheema, who was part of the outlawed group’s “battalion no. 1”, turned himself in before Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and Police officials citing disappointment with the “inhuman” and “hollow” Maoist ideology, Sukma, Superintendent of Police (SP), Sunil Sharma said, adding, “The Naxalite [Left Wing Extremist, LWE] had come in contact with personnel belonging to CRPF’s Range Field Team (RFT), which played a crucial role in convincing him to join the mainstream and lead a normal life. He is a native of Chintagufa area of Sukma and was associated with the outlawed Communist Party of India (Maoist) for the past seven years.” Bheema was allegedly involved in the deadly Minpa attack in March 2020 in which 17 security personnel lost their lives. He carried a reward of INR 800,000 on his head. Meanwhile, according to Police, “battalion no.1”, which is headed by Naxalite Hidma, is the strongest military formation of the ultras in Dandakaranya region, which covers parts of Andhra Pradesh, Orissa, Telangana and Maharashtra and Bastar region of Chhattisgarh.