Two Maoist ‘commanders’, including a woman, surrendered before police in insurgency-hit Sukma district of Chhattisgarh‘s Bastar division on Tuesday.
Police identified them as Sodhi Manjula, a Pollampalli local squad commander, and Sodhi Gajendra, a member of Konta area committee and ‘Errabore civil organisation commander’. Both were involved in several ambushes in Sukma, carried bounties of Rs 5 lakh each, and had been in the Maoist ranks for 15-20 years, cops said.
The two said they decided to surrender because they could no longer stand the torture of tribals by senior Maoist commanders and felt disillusioned by the hollow ideology of Maoists.They were also tired of roughing it out in the forest and the daily risks of being an insurgent. They will be rehabilitated under govt’s surrender policy, said officials.
Police identified them as Sodhi Manjula, a Pollampalli local squad commander, and Sodhi Gajendra, a member of Konta area committee and ‘Errabore civil organisation commander’. Both were involved in several ambushes in Sukma, carried bounties of Rs 5 lakh each, and had been in the Maoist ranks for 15-20 years, cops said.
The two said they decided to surrender because they could no longer stand the torture of tribals by senior Maoist commanders and felt disillusioned by the hollow ideology of Maoists.They were also tired of roughing it out in the forest and the daily risks of being an insurgent. They will be rehabilitated under govt’s surrender policy, said officials.
