Maoist couple active in MMC zone surrenders before Chhattisgarh police
RAIPUR: A
Maoist
couple active for past eight years in the MMC (Madhya Pradesh,
Maharashtra
and Chhattisgarh) zone, surrendered before Kabirdham district police on Thursday.
The surrendered couple carried Rs seven lakh bounty on their heads and they were identified as Ramesh alias Atam Guddu, 29 and his wife Savita alias Lachhi Oyam, 21.
They turned themselves in before police officials in Kawardha town, the headquarter of the district. The couple said that they were upset with the internal differences within the Maoist organization, their inhuman
Maoist ideology
, atrocities on local tribals and harsh forest life, a police officer said.
The officer said that Ramesh was a member of platoon number one and Gondia (Maharashtra)-Rajnandgaon (Chhattisgarh)-Balaghat (Madhya Pradesh)- GRB division committee of Maoists, his wife was active as member of Tanda area committee, he said, adding that they were carrying Rs 5 lakh and Rs 2 lakh respectively.
Ramesh had sustained injuries in an encounter in 2019 with security forces in Bhoramdeo area in Kabirdham district.
Police said that the Maoists were desperately making efforts to set up their new base in the tri-junction forest of MMC zone - consisting of areas of Balaghat (MP), Gondia (Maharashtra), Rajnandgaon, Mungeli and Kabirdham districts (Chhattisgarh) since 2017-18.
During their time in the outfit, Ramesh operated with a 12-bore gun, and Savita carried an 8mm rifle.
After surrendering, the couple received an immediate incentive of Rs 25,000 each under the state's
surrender and rehabilitation policy
. Authorities confirmed that they will now be rehabilitated in accordance with the government's new surrender and rehabilitation guidelines, which have been credited with encouraging dozens of extremists to abandon violence and rejoin mainstream society.
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