Dantewada & Bijapur – Maoists carrying reward of over Rs 30 lakhs surrender before police
Raipur, Chhattisgarh.
In a significant success for the security forces in Maoism-hit area, dozen Maoists carrying significant cumulative bounty have joined the mainstream in back-to-back developments reported from Dantewda and Bijapur districts.
A Maoist couple carrying a collective bounty of Rs 16 lakh on their heads along with two other female accomplices turned themselves before the authorities and surrendered in Dantewada district on Sunday, September 22.
Hunga Tamo alias Tomosurya, an active member of the company no 02 of Maoists along with his wife Yati Tati, both carrying a reward of Rs 8 lakh each surrendered before the Dantewada police on Sunday. The other two Maoist cadres have been identified as Vijje Vanjam, carrying a reward of Rs3 lakh and Madavi Ayate, a member of the Krantikari Adivasi Mahila Sangathan (KAMS).
The surrender took place under the flagship ‘Lone Varatu’ (An appeal for homecoming in Gondi dialect) campaign.
As of now a total of 872 former members of the Maoist outfit have so far surrendered before the authorities under the campaign in the violence-hit district of Dantewada since its commencement in the year 2020. This includes of 197 Maoists cadres who were carrying a reward announced by the government at the time of their return into the mainstream.
Notably the surrender of the Maoists in Dantewada has arrived on the heels of another set of Maoist cadres joining the mainstream in Bijapur district on Saturday, September 21. Here, a total of 8 Maoists carrying a cumulative reward of Rs11 lakh surrender before the authorities.
Notable among those who laid down arms includes of a PPCM commander carrying a bounty of Rs 8 lakh on his head.
It must be noted that the state of Chhattisgarh has been the most affected by the Maoist insurgency, spanning across several other states of the country since decades. The presence of Maoists in the interior regions of the state has taken a toll on its development alongside affecting a large chunk of its population, mostly the tribal community which forms the majority in remote areas.
