Three women among six Maoists from Chhattisgarh surrender in Andhra Pradesh

Involved in ambushes on security forces, exchanges of fire and attacks on police camps, the surrendered Maoists carry rewards, says Visakhapatnam Range DIG Vishal Gunni

Six Maoists including one divisional committee member (DVCM), three area committee members (ACM), one district committee member (DCM) and one party member, surrendered before Visakhapatnam Range DIG Vishal Gunni and Alluri Sitharama Raju district Superintendent of Police Tuhin Sinha on April 22 (Monday).

The surrendered Maoists also included three women one of whom was a DCM and another was of an ACM.

The surrendered Maoists have been identified as Khuram Mithilesh alias Raju, a DVCM (37); Barse Masa (30) and Vetti Bheema alias Raju (32), both ACMs; and three women— Vanajam Rame alias Kamala (28), a DCM; Madakam Sukki (27), an ACM and Duddi Sony (23), a party member.

Addressing the media, Mr. Vishal Gunni said that the surrendered Maoists were from the South Bastar Divisional Committee and Dandakaranya Special Zonal Committee. They are natives of Kistaram block or Konta block of Sukma district in Chhattisgarh.

Mithilesh, Masa, Bheema and Sukki had participated in two major ambushes on security forces including the one at Bhejji in which 12 CRPF personnel were killed and at Burkapal which saw 25 CRPF personnel dead. Both incidents occurred in Sukma district in 2017.

The Maoists were also involved in exchanges of fire with security forces, murders and attacks on police camps.

Mithilesh carries a reward of ₹5 lakh, while Masa, Bheema and Vanajam Rame have a price of ₹4 lakh each on their head. Sukki and Sony carry a reward of ₹1 lakh each.