Nagpur: Wanted Naxal girl turned student passes 12th class, creates history

By 15 years of age, Rajula Hidami had six cases of serious Naxal crimes filed against her but everything changed once she gave up arms and surrendered at the advice of Gondia SP Sandeep Atole in Maharashtra. She took studies and went on to pass 12th class examination this year.

Nagpur (Maharashtra): In the recently announced results of the 12th examination, Rajula Hidami has passed with just 45.83 just per cent marks but yet she created a record. This 15-year-old tribal Naxal girl had earlier created great terror in Gadchiroli Gondia. By 15 years of age, she had 6 serious crimes registered against her.

At the advice of police officer Sandeep Atole, she gave up weapons, surrendered before the police and took to studies. Cases against her included indiscriminate firing on the police, looting and explosions. When Sandeep Atole took charge of the post of Superintendent of Police, Gondia Police Force, he paid close attention to this matter.

Sandeep Atole succeeded in changing Rajula's mind. Rajula surrendered to the police in 2018 and laid down her gun. Sandeep Atole accepted the guardianship of Rajula and took all the burden of her education. Rajula's father passed away, while her mother remarried. So there was no one close to Rajula. Her relatives won't talk as she joined the Naxalite movement.

SP Sandeep Atole made all the arrangements for Rajula's education. Some of his friends also helped him a lot in this. Currently, Rajula considers Sandeep Atole and his family as her family. It is alleged that many women and girls are tricked into the Naxal movement. The same thing happened with Rajula. But due to the tireless efforts of Sandeep Atole and his team, Rajula surrendered.

Now Rajula is freed from the Naxal movement and is leading a normal life. It is being claimed that this may be the first case of a girl joining the Naxal movement at an early age, then quitting it and returning to studies and going on to pass class 12th. Meanwhile, Rajula has made it clear that she wants to join the police force.