Six more Naxalites surrender in Chhattisgarh post demonetization

Raipur: As many as six Naxalites, including a woman, today surrendered in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district, police said.

Citing disappointment with “hollow” Maoist ideology, the Naxalites, two of them carrying cash reward on their heads, turned themselves in before police and CRPF officials at the district headquarters, a senior police official told PTI.

Of them, the woman ultra – Hemla Munni alias Rambati (25) was a key member of military platoon number 16 of the outlawed CPI (Maoist) and has been allegedly instrumental in executing several Naxal incidents in the region, he said, adding she was carrying a reward of Rs 2 lakh on her head.

Similarly, Awapalli LOS (local operation squad) member Kakem Nagesh (23), who was among the surrendered, carried cash reward of Rs 1 lakh on his head, the official said.

The four other Naxalites who turned themselves in were Shivram Hemla (25), Korsa Sannu (24), Ramesh Sodhi (25) and Raja Ram Kadati (40).

The surrendered rebels were allegedly involved in various crimes including targeting security personnel, triggering blasts, damaging roads and others, he said.

According to the police official, they expressed their willingness to join the mainstream claiming that they were fed up with “hollow ideology, violence and wrong policies of the banned outfit while at the same time were impressed by the state s surrender policy”.

An encouragement amount of Rs 10,000 was given to each of the Maoists, the official said, adding they would be provided assistance according to the rehabilitation policy instituted by the government.

PTI